Loading ...Parenting style can play an important role in improving glycemic control in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes, according to a study published in the August issue of Diabetes Care and its accompanying editorial.
Researchers at the Israel Diabetes Center of Schneider Children’s Medical Center of Israel found an association between fathers who parent authoritatively and improved glycemic control in their children, while a sense of helplessness in both fathers and mothers was associated with worse glycemic control and worse adherence to treatment among their children.
The study included parents and children/adolescents ages 11-18 years who had been living with type 1 diabetes for at least a year. Researchers examined the children’s glycemic control (based on their A1C values); their adherence to their diabetes treatment plan; their parents’ parenting styles and sense of helplessness; and demographic information. The parenting styles were classified as authoritative (characterized by setting clear limits to the child in a non-coercive manner), permissive (few efforts by the parents to direct and limit their child’s behavior), and authoritarian (coercive, harsh and punitive).
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