Open AccessA model of parental distress and factors that mediate its link with parental monitoring of youth diabetes care, adherence, and glycemic control.
Author(s) -
Elizabeth Robinson,
Patrick Weaver,
Rusan Chen,
Randi Streisand,
Clarissa S. Holmes
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
health psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.548
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1930-7810
pISSN - 0278-6133
DOI - 10.1037/hea0000406
Subject(s) - glycemic , distress , parental monitoring , anxiety , structural equation modeling , psychology , clinical psychology , diabetes mellitus , self monitoring , paternal care , developmental psychology , medicine , psychiatry , offspring , pregnancy , social psychology , statistics , mathematics , biology , genetics , endocrinology
Parental monitoring of adolescents' diabetes self-care is associated with better adherence and glycemic control (A1c). A number of parent-level factors are associated with higher levels of parental monitoring, including lower levels of parental distress (depressive symptoms, stress, anxiety), as well as higher levels of parental self-efficacy for diabetes management and authoritative parenting. Often studied in isolation, these factors may be best considered simultaneously as they are interrelated and are associated with parental monitoring and youth adherence.