title: Associations of parent-adolescent relationship quality with type 1 diabetes management and depressive symptoms in Latino and Caucasian youth.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine associations of parent-adolescent relationship quality (parental acceptance and parent-adolescent conflict) with adolescent type 1 diabetes management (adherence and metabolic control) and depressive symptoms in Latinos and Caucasians.
  
  
  METHODS
  In all, 118 adolescents and their mothers (56 = Latino, 62 = Caucasian) completed survey measures of parental acceptance, diabetes conflict, adolescent adherence, and adolescent depressive symptoms. Glycemic control was obtained from medical records.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Across ethnic groups, adolescent-reported mother and father acceptance were associated with better diabetes management, whereas mother-reported conflict was associated with poorer diabetes management and more depressive symptoms. Independent of socioeconomic status, Latinos reported lower parental acceptance and higher diabetes conflict with mothers than Caucasians. Ethnicity moderated some associations between relationship quality and outcomes. Specifically, diabetes conflicts with mothers (mother and adolescent report) and fathers (adolescent report) were associated with poorer mother-reported adherence among Caucasians, but not among Latinos.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Parent-adolescent relationship quality differs and may have different relations with diabetes management across Latinos and Caucasians.
authors.affiliation: Psychological Sciences, University of California, Merced, Division of Psychology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor University Medical Center, and Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.
authors.forename: Alexandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Main
authors.affiliation: Psychological Sciences, University of California, Merced, Division of Psychology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor University Medical Center, and Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Psychological Sciences, University of California, Merced, Division of Psychology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor University Medical Center, and Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center dwiebe@ucmerced.edu.
authors.forename: Deborah J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Wiebe
authors.affiliation: Psychological Sciences, University of California, Merced, Division of Psychology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor University Medical Center, and Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.
authors.forename: Andrea R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Croom
authors.affiliation: Psychological Sciences, University of California, Merced, Division of Psychology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor University Medical Center, and Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.
authors.forename: Katie
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sardone
authors.affiliation: Psychological Sciences, University of California, Merced, Division of Psychology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor University Medical Center, and Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.
authors.forename: Elida
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Godbey
authors.affiliation: Psychological Sciences, University of California, Merced, Division of Psychology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor University Medical Center, and Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.
authors.forename: Christy
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tucker
authors.affiliation: Psychological Sciences, University of California, Merced, Division of Psychology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor University Medical Center, and Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.
authors.forename: Perrin C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: White
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D001786:Blood Glucose; D002648:Child; D003863:Depression / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D019468:Disease Management; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology; D010349:Patient Compliance / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose
keywords: Latino; acceptance; adolescence; conflict; relationship quality; type 1 diabetes