title: Parental negative affect and adolescent efficacy for diabetes management.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Utah, 380 South 1530 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84102, USA. jorie.butler@psych.utah.edu
authors.forename: Jorie M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Butler
authors.forename: Cynthia A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Berg
authors.forename: Pamela
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: King
authors.forename: Donna
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gelfand
authors.forename: Katherine
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fortenberry
authors.forename: Carol
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Foster
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wiebe
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin; C517652:hemoglobin A1c protein, human