Parental negative affect and adolescent efficacy for diabetes management.
The authors investigated whether parental perceptions of adolescent efficacy are colored by parental negative affect and are associated with adolescents' self-perceptions of efficacy for diabetes management. Adolescents (n = 183, M age = 12.53) with Type 1 diabetes and their mothers and fathers separately reported perceptions of adolescents' efficacy for diabetes management and parents reported their own negative affect (depressed mood and trait anxiety). glycosolated hemoglobin (HbA1c) levels were obtained from medical records. The results indicated that parental negative affect was associated with parental perceptions of poorer adolescent efficacy beyond the association of HbA1c scores. The relationship between fathers' negative affect and adolescents' self-efficacy was mediated by fathers' perceptions of adolescent efficacy. The results suggest that parental negative affect may negatively color their views of adolescents' efficacy and, in the case of fathers' beliefs, may relate to adolescent self-efficacy. Parental negative affect should be considered when evaluating perceptions of adolescents' efficacy.
Butler
Jorie M
JM
Department of Psychology, University of Utah, 380 South 1530 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84102, USA. jorie.butler@psych.utah.edu
Berg
Cynthia A
CA
King
Pamela
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Gelfand
Donna
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Fortenberry
Katherine
K
Foster
Carol
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Wiebe
Deborah
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D000293:Adolescent; D001007:Anxiety / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D003469:Culture; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000097:blood / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D054541:Family Conflict / Q000523:psychology*; D005219:Father-Child Relations; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D012648:Self Care / Q000523:psychology*; D020377:Self Efficacy; D013223:Statistics as Topic
D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin; C517652:hemoglobin A1c protein, human