title: Cognitive, behavioral and goal adjustment coping and depressive symptoms in young people with diabetes: a search for intervention targets for coping skills training.
abstract: The aim of the present study was to find relevant coping factors for the development of psychological intervention programs for young people with Type 1 (T1) diabetes. A wide range of coping techniques was studied, including cognitive coping, behavioral coping and goal adjustment coping. A total of 78 young people with T1 diabetes participated. They were contacted through a social networking website, several Internet sites, and flyers. A wide range of coping techniques appeared to be related to depressive symptoms. Especially the cognitive coping strategies self-blame, rumination, refocus positive, and other-blame, together with goal adjustment coping, were of importance. A large proportion of the variance of depressive symptoms could be explained (65 %). These findings suggest that these specific coping strategies should be part of coping skills trainings for young people with T1 diabetes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Psychology, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9555, 2300 RB, Leiden, The Netherlands, kraaij@fsw.leidenuniv.nl.
authors.forename: Vivian
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kraaij
authors.forename: Nadia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Garnefski
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003071:Cognition; D003863:Depression / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006040:Goals; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult