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

by Inge Seiffge-Krenke

Overview

This empirically based book focuses on typical stressors, individual and family coping strategies, and psychosocial consequences associated with diabetes. Numerous case studies illustrate the difficulty of balancing normative development and adherence to the therapeutic regimen. The combination of theory, research, and practice guarantee the appeal of this book to an international audience of advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students and professionals in developmental and clinical psychology, pediatric medicine and other healthcare professionals concerned with the care of chronically ill adolescents.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521792004
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	08/27/2001
Series:	Cambridge Studies on Child and Adolescent Health
Pages:	348
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.94(d)
Lexile:	1390L (what's this?)

Table of Contents

Preface; Foreword Stuart T. Hauser; 1. Epidemiology of chronic illnesses in adolescence; 2. Coping with illness in adolescence: an overview of research from the past 25 years; 3. Coping with diabetes: a longitudinal study; 4. Knowledge of the illness, compliance, and patient-physician relationships; 5. Self-concept, body image, and perceived health; 6. Adolescent, parental, and family coping with stressors; 7. Chronic illness and the family: the perspective of mothers, fathers, and siblings; 8. Friendships, romantic relationships, school, and career; 9. Successful adaptation or the development of psychopathology?; 10. Pathways for resolving the dilemma between developmental progression and adaptation to the illness; 11. Some implications for prevention and intervention.