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Journal of Pediatric Psychology Advance Access published online on August 23, 2007
Journal of Pediatric Psychology, doi:10.1093/jpepsy/jsm065
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Maternal Parenting Style and Adjustment in Adolescents with Type I Diabetes

Jorie M. Butler, Michelle Skinner, Donna Gelfand, Cynthia A. Berg and Deborah J. Wiebe*

Department of Psychology, University of Utah

All correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Jorie M. Butler, Department of Psychology, University of Utah, 380 South 1530 East, Room #502, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA. E-mail: jorie.butler{at}psych.utah.edu.


  Abstract

Objective To investigate the cross-sectional relationship between maternal parenting style and indicators of well-being among adolescents with diabetes. Methods Seventy-eight adolescents (ages 11.58–17.42 years, M = 14.21) with type 1 diabetes and their mothers separately reported perceptions of maternal parenting style. Adolescents reported their own depressed mood, self-efficacy for managing diabetes, and diabetes regimen adherence. Results Adolescents’ perceptions of maternal psychological control were associated with greater depressed mood regardless of age and gender. Firm control was strongly associated with greater depressed mood and poorer self-efficacy among older adolescents, less strongly among younger adolescents. Adolescents’ perceptions of maternal acceptance were associated with less depressed mood, particularly for girls and with better self-efficacy for diabetes management, particularly for older adolescents and girls. Maternal reports of acceptance were associated only with adherence. Conclusions Maternal parenting style is associated with well-being in adolescents with diabetes, but this association is complex and moderated by age and gender.

Key words: adolescence; childhood illness; depressive symptoms; parenting style; self-efficacy; type 1 diabetes..

*Deborah Wiebe is now at Division of Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.

Received December 15, 2006; revision received July 3, 2007; accepted July 17, 2007


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