Parental Memory Predictors of Children's Daily Diabetes Management and Metabolic Control

This study examined, for the first time, specific links between parents' memory and children's diabetes behaviors and metabolic control. Data revealed that parental memory and responsibility predicted children's percentage of calories from fat and carbohydrates, and metabolic control, accounting for 7.3% of the variance in calories from fat and 18.5% of the variance in metabolic control for the total sample. These effects were stronger when limited to dietary behaviors of younger youth; parental memory accounted for 30.3% and 33.6% of the variance in percentage of calories from fat and carbohydrates, respectively, for younger children. Level of parent responsibility, with memory, moderated younger children's percentage of calories from fat and carbohydrates, and children's metabolic control. Parents with higher memory scores and more responsibility had disease indictors that were closer to ADA recommendations. Results suggest intervention to enhance parent memory may improve diabetes care and health status for youths with IDDM.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Psychology

Year dc:date.available

2005

Author dc:creator

• Kent, Sheryl J.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Dr. Clarissa S. Homes

• parent
• IDDM
• behavior
• hierarchical regression
• metabolism
• memory
• diabetes
• Psychology
• Social and Behavioral Sciences

Statement dc:rights

• © The Author

Identifier

https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/1276

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarscompass.vcu.edu:etd-2275