Does Self-Efficacy Mediate the Link Between Impulse Control and Diabetes Adherence?

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The goal of this study was to test the hypothesis that diabetes self-efficacy mediates the relationship between impulse control and type 1 diabetes (T1D) management from ages 8 to 18 years, using multilevel modeling.

Methods

Participants included 117 youth with T1D and their parents. Youth (aged 8-16 years at baseline) and parents were assessed 5 times over 2 years. Using a cohort sequential design, we first estimated the growth trajectory of adherence from age 8 to 18 years, then specified a multilevel mediation model using impulse control as the main predictor, diabetes self-efficacy as the mediator, and changes in adherence (both within- and between-individuals) as the outcome.

Results

According to youth-reported adherence only, self-efficacy partially me

SUBMITTER: Silva K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7182401 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature