The present paper describes two studies of social support provided by family members and friends for adolescents’ diabetes care. Using a structured interview, 74 middle-income and 62 socioeconomically disadvantaged adolescents with diabetes described the ways that family members and friends provided support for several aspects of diabetes care (insulin shots, blood glucose monitoring, eating proper meals, exercise, and «feeling good about their diabetes»). In both samples, family members provided more support than did friends for diabetes care, especially for daily management tasks; friends provided considerable emotional support for diabetes. Few differences in support levels were observed as a function of the adolescents’ so...
Diabetes is a challenging chronic condition. Daily regimens can include injections, blood glucose mo...
Background: Diabetes is a common disease in pediatric populations. Family functioning has been relat...
This study explores the relationships between the various subtypes of global and diabetes-specific p...
Self-management of diabetes is challenging, especially for adolescents who face multiple changes, in...
Teenagers with diabetes have to cope with the demands of managing the condition within their social ...
Background: Metabolic control declines during adolescence, increasing the risk of severe medical com...
Teenagers with diabetes have to cope with the demands of managing the condition within their social ...
The aim of the paper was to explore the significance of family and peer support for metabolic contro...
BackgroundWhile pre‐adolescent children with type 1 diabetes receive most support from their parents...
Data suggest that family factors are important to treatment adherence for adolescents with diabetes,...
Diabetes is one of the most common chronic diseases in school-aged children, affecting about 151,000...
diabetes outcomes for adolescents with type 1 diabetes. Methods We searched PsychInfo and MedLine da...
Objectives: To examine whether peer support and illness representation mediate the link between fami...
for adolescents with type 1 diabetes. Methods: Normative and individualized approaches to scoring we...
This article provides a review of the findings of 32 scientific studies that examined the relationsh...
Diabetes is a challenging chronic condition. Daily regimens can include injections, blood glucose mo...
Background: Diabetes is a common disease in pediatric populations. Family functioning has been relat...
This study explores the relationships between the various subtypes of global and diabetes-specific p...
Self-management of diabetes is challenging, especially for adolescents who face multiple changes, in...
Teenagers with diabetes have to cope with the demands of managing the condition within their social ...
Background: Metabolic control declines during adolescence, increasing the risk of severe medical com...
Teenagers with diabetes have to cope with the demands of managing the condition within their social ...
The aim of the paper was to explore the significance of family and peer support for metabolic contro...
BackgroundWhile pre‐adolescent children with type 1 diabetes receive most support from their parents...
Data suggest that family factors are important to treatment adherence for adolescents with diabetes,...
Diabetes is one of the most common chronic diseases in school-aged children, affecting about 151,000...
diabetes outcomes for adolescents with type 1 diabetes. Methods We searched PsychInfo and MedLine da...
Objectives: To examine whether peer support and illness representation mediate the link between fami...
for adolescents with type 1 diabetes. Methods: Normative and individualized approaches to scoring we...
This article provides a review of the findings of 32 scientific studies that examined the relationsh...
Diabetes is a challenging chronic condition. Daily regimens can include injections, blood glucose mo...
Background: Diabetes is a common disease in pediatric populations. Family functioning has been relat...
This study explores the relationships between the various subtypes of global and diabetes-specific p...