Diabetic Adolescents and their Families: Stress, Coping, and Adaptation

by Inge Seiffge-Krenke

• ISBN13: 9780521310000
• ISBN10: 0521310008
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-06-30
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Originally published in 2001, Diabetic Adolescents and Their Families presents an innovative approach to the study of coping with chronic illness by focusing on the developmental context in its description of a longitudinal study of families with a diabetic or a healthy adolescent. Inge Seiffge-Krenke considers perspectives of the ill adolescents, their parents, and the physicians treating them. Highlighted topics include typical stressors, individual and family coping strategies, and psychosocial consequences associated with diabetes. The author also examines the changes that occur in adolescents' self-concept and body image and analyses their relationships with parents, physicians, friends, and romantic partners as sources of support and of stress. Numerous case studies illustrate the difficulty of balancing normative development and adherence to the therapeutic regimen. Integrating clinical concerns with fundamental findings of developmental psychology, this book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the study of adolescent health psychology.

Table of Contents

Preface

Foreword

Epidemiology of chronic illnesses in adolescence

Coping with illness in adolescence: an overview of research from the past 25 years

Coping with diabetes: a longitudinal study

Knowledge of the illness, compliance, and patient-physician relationships

Self-concept, body image, and perceived health

Adolescent, parental, and family coping with stressors

Chronic illness and the family: the perspective of mothers, fathers, and siblings

Friendships, romantic relationships, school, and career

Successful adaptation or the development of psychopathology?

Pathways for resolving the dilemma between developmental progression and adaptation to the illness

Some implications for prevention and intervention

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