Academic achievement and metabolic control in adolescents with type 1 diabetes. Issue 1 (2nd January 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Lansing, Amy Hughes; Turner, Sara L.; Osborn, Peter G.; Winnick, Joel B.; Taheri, Kiana; Murray, Mary; Butner, Jonathan; Wiebe, Deborah J.; Berg, Cynthia A.
• Is Part Of: Children's health care. Volume 47:Issue 1(2018)
• Page Start: 16
• Page End: 33
• Publication Date: 2018-01-02
• Subjects: Children -- Hospital care -- Periodicals; Child health services -- Periodicals; Children -- Preparation for medical care -- Periodicals; 362.19892
• DOI: 10.1080/02739615.2016.1275641
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0273-9615

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Management of type 1 diabetes in adolescence is a complex task requiring self-control within individual and interpersonal domains. This is similarly requisite for academic achievement. Grade point average (GPA) was examined as a barometer of diabetes management reflective of self-control in a challenging daily context. Adolescents with type 1 diabetes ( n = 172) completed questionnaires on self-control, self-efficacy, parent/peer relationships, and adherence, while mothers reported GPA. Self-control, self-efficacy, and parent/peer relationships predicted GPA, adherence and HbA1c. GPA predicted HbA1c above and beyond adherence and self-control predictors. GPA may be a valuable indicator of individual and interpersonal self-control processes required for diabetes management.