Communicating with Adolescents About Diabetes

Diabetes Insight
Volume 5, Issue 13

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Communicating with Adolescents About Diabetes

Interview with:

Sarah Jaser, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN

Parent-child communication

Jaser et al conducted observational stud­ies of communication between mothers and adolescents with type 1 diabetes. Participants were videotaped talking about diabetes stress for 15 minutes. These were coded based on parenting and communication behaviors.

A positive behavior is child-centered parenting, in which the parent shows...