A common measure of parent responsibility for
diabetes management tasks was selected to determine whether the CPI tapped a different dimension than overall quantity of involvement or responsibility.
The most commonly used measure of instrumental support is the Diabetes Family Responsibility Questionnaire (Anderson et al., 1990), designed to measure the degree of parent and shared responsibility for
diabetes management tasks.
To determine whether the measure addressed a dimension of parenting behavior beyond parent degree of responsibility, the relationship of the scale with parent degree of responsibility for
diabetes management tasks was examined.
It may be useful to examine how children and parents share responsibility for
diabetes management tasks over time, and how this evolves with medical regimen changes.
Given the importance of this transition in the parenting role, the development of an instrument specifically measuring collaborative involvement independent of the quantity of assistance with specific
diabetes management tasks would have both research and clinical utility.
Building on previous research addressing the degree of parent involvement in
diabetes management tasks, the CPI provides a new tool to assess the collaborative nature of parent involvement in diabetes management.
Agreement between maternal and adolescent perceptions of the allocation of responsibility for
diabetes management tasks significantly predicted better metabolic control within a sample of middle - class White adolescents (Anderson, Auslander, Jung, Miller, & Santiago, 1990).
Although it is widely held that caregiver behaviors precede the development of behaviors in youth, our findings suggest that a negative pattern of behavior around
diabetes management tasks may be precipitated by the youth.
An intervention to promote family teamwork in
Diabetes management tasks: Relationships among parental involvement, adherence to blood glucose monitoring, and glycemic control in young adolescents with type 1 diabetes.
Both the parent and child completed this measure individually by reading 17 statements concerning
diabetes management tasks and indicating which family member accepts responsibility for that specific task (i.e., parent, child, or both).
Parents in the FT group maintained or increased involvement in
diabetes management tasks, especially BG monitoring, with no increase in diabetes - specific family conflict [14].
Thus, conflict around BGM, such as parental nagging or criticism, may serve to promote negative feelings in the youth directed at
diabetes management tasks and specifically at BGM.
This has been documented to be associated with family conflict and poor adherence to
diabetes management tasks.
Parental involvement in
diabetes management tasks: Relationships to blood - glucose monitoring, adherence, and metabolic control in young adolescents with IDDM
The latter measure was constructed specifically for this study to measure the frequency of oppositional and avoidance behaviors of children regarding
diabetes management tasks.
Encourage developmentally appropriate family involvement in
diabetes management tasks for children and adolescents, recognizing that premature transfer of diabetes care to the child can result in nonadherence and deterioration in glycemic control.
Self - efficacy for diabetes management was also specifically related to the diabetes context, however, this construct included the adolescents» sense of mastery concerning
diabetes management tasks.
Parental involvement in
diabetes management tasks: Relationships to blood glucose monitoring adherence and metabolic control in young adolescents with insulin - dependent diabetes mellitus.
Not exact matches
Each child and a parent completed an updated version of the
Diabetes Family Conflict Scale (19) to evaluate the degree of family conflict in 19
management tasks.
Adolescents with type 1
diabetes and elevated depressive symptoms may have trouble initiating
tasks for
diabetes management, carrying them out, and believing they will be effective.