Open AccessLongitudinal trajectories of benefit finding in adolescents with Type 1 diabetes.
Author(s) -
Jessica Rassart,
Koen Luyckx,
Cynthia A. Berg,
Leen Oris,
Deborah J. Wiebe
Publication year - 2017
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/hea0000513
Subject(s) - psychosocial , context (archaeology) , latent class model , longitudinal study , type 1 diabetes , latent growth modeling , prospective cohort study , psychology , medicine , metabolic control analysis , clinical psychology , type 2 diabetes , gerontology , diabetes mellitus , psychiatry , developmental psychology , paleontology , statistics , mathematics , pathology , biology , endocrinology
Benefit finding, which refers to perceiving positive life changes resulting from adversity, has been associated with better psychosocial well-being in different chronic illnesses. However, little research to date has examined how benefit finding develops in the context of Type 1 diabetes (T1D). The present study aimed to identify trajectories of benefit finding across adolescence and to investigate prospective associations with depressive symptoms, self-care, and metabolic control.