title: Emerging adults with type 1 diabetes: a comparison to peers without diabetes.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This longitudinal study compared emerging adults with and without type 1 diabetes on life path decisions, health behaviors, and psychological well-being during the transition out of high school.
  
  
  METHODS
  Administered questionnaires during the senior year of high school and 1 year later to 117 emerging adults with diabetes and 122 emerging adults without diabetes. Comparisons were conducted with respect to health status, sex, and school status.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Those with and without diabetes chose similar life paths and engaged in similar levels of risky behaviors, but disturbed sleep increased for males with diabetes only. Having diabetes was not associated with depressive symptoms, loneliness, or bulimic symptoms, but was associated with lower life satisfaction and lower life purpose over time.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Emerging adults with and without diabetes fare similarly on most dimensions studied during the first year out of high school.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. dkpalladino@cmu.edu
authors.forename: Dianne K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Palladino
authors.forename: Vicki S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Helgeson
authors.forename: Kerry A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Reynolds
authors.forename: Dorothy J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Becker
authors.forename: Linda M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Siminerio
authors.forename: Oscar
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Escobar
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D010379:Peer Group; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011788:Quality of Life; D012309:Risk-Taking; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: emerging adulthood; health behavior; lifestyle; type 1 diabetes; well-being