Adolescent Disclosure to Parents and Daily Management of Type 1 Diabetes.
To examine how adolescents’ daily disclosure to parents about type 1 diabetes management may foster a process whereby parents gain knowledge and are viewed as helpful in ways that may aid diabetes management.



A total of 236 late adolescents (M age = 17.76) completed a 14-day diary where they reported daily disclosure to, and solicitation from, their parents, how knowledgeable and helpful parents were, and their self-regulation failures and adherence; blood glucose was gathered from meters.



Multilevel models revealed that adolescent disclosure occurred in the context of greater parent solicitation and face-to-face contact and was positively associated with adolescents’ perceptions of parental knowledge and helpfulness. Disclosure to mothers (but not to fathers) was associated with better diabetes management (fewer self-regulation failures, better adherence).



Adolescent disclosure may be an important way that parents remain knowledgeable about diabetes management and provide assistance that serves to support diabetes management.
Department of Psychology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
Cynthia A
CA
Berg
Department of Psychology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
Tara
T
Queen
Department of Psychology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
Jonathan E
JE
Butner
Department of Psychology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
Sara L
SL
Turner
Department of Psychology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
Amy
A
Hughes Lansing
Psychological Sciences, University of California, Merced, CA, USA.
Alexandra
A
Main
Department of Psychology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
Jessica H
JH
Anderson
Department of Psychology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
Brian C
BC
Thoma
Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Pennsylvania State University, PA, USA.
Joel B
JB
Winnick
Psychological Sciences, University of California, Merced, CA, USA.
Deborah J
DJ
Wiebe
D000293:Adolescent; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis*; D015190:Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring / Q000523:psychology*; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000097:blood* / Q000523:psychology; D019468:Disease Management; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D014342:Truth Disclosure
D001786:Blood Glucose
adolescents; diabetes; family functioning