title: Acceptance, well-being and goals in adolescents with chronic illness: a daily process analysis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The main aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between acceptance and well-being in adolescents with chronic illness from a daily process perspective. Furthermore, we explored the role of daily experienced interference and facilitation of life goals by treatment goals as mediating mechanisms.
  
  
  METHODS
  Thirty-eight adolescents with cystic fibrosis (CF) or diabetes completed questionnaires assessing acceptance, negative life events and goal-related self-efficacy. Furthermore, an online diary assessing daily mood, daily experienced interference and facilitation of life goals by treatment goals was completed during three consecutive weeks.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Acceptance of illness was positively related to daily well-being, but unrelated to daily goal interference and facilitation. Furthermore, daily goal interference and facilitation were unrelated to same-day and next-day well-being.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study suggests that acceptance of illness plays an important role in the daily mood of adolescents with CF and diabetes. This relationship, however, was not mediated by daily experienced interference and facilitation of life goals by treatment goals. Further research is needed to determine whether interventions promoting acceptance are beneficial for adolescents with CF and diabetes.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Experimental-Clinical and Health Psychology , Ghent University , Ghent , Belgium .
authors.forename: Annabelle
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Casier
authors.forename: Liesbet
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Goubert
authors.forename: Winifred A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Gebhardt
authors.forename: Frans De
authors.initials: FD
authors.lastname: Baets
authors.forename: Sara Van
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Aken
authors.forename: Dirk
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Matthys
authors.forename: Geert
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Crombez
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000339:Affect; D001294:Attitude to Health; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003550:Cystic Fibrosis / Q000523:psychology*; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006040:Goals; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011788:Quality of Life; D020377:Self Efficacy; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult