title: Impulse control, diabetes-specific self-efficacy, and diabetes management among emerging adults with type 1 diabetes.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the relationships among impulse control, diabetes-specific self-efficacy, and diabetes management behaviors among emerging adults with type 1 diabetes.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 204 high school seniors (M = 18.25 years, SD = .45, 55.9% females) with type 1 diabetes self-reported on impulse control, diabetes-specific self-efficacy, and diabetes management behaviors during the past 3 months. Mediation and path analyses were used to address aims.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Greater impulse control was associated with better diabetes management among these emerging adults. In addition, diabetes-specific self-efficacy partially mediated the relationship between impulse control and diabetes management.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Impulse control and diabetes-specific self-efficacy may be important in the management of type 1 diabetes among emerging adults. Diabetes-specific self-efficacy may play an important role in successful diabetes management among youth with lower impulse control.
authors.affiliation: Section of Adolescent Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA.
authors.forename: Nathan W
authors.initials: NW
authors.lastname: Stupiansky
authors.forename: Kathleen M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Hanna
authors.forename: James E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Slaven
authors.forename: Michael T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Weaver
authors.forename: J Dennis
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Fortenberry
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D019468:Disease Management; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D007175:Impulsive Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D012648:Self Care / Q000523:psychology*; D020377:Self Efficacy; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult