Diabetic Adolescents and their Families : Stress, Coping, and Adaptation (Hardcover)

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.