The Long Branch of Phase-Environment Fit: Concurrent and Longitudinal Implications of Match and Mismatch Among Diabetic and Nondiabetic Youth  

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Obeidallah, Dawn A. ; Hauser, Stuart T. ; Jacobson, Alan M.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Journal of Adolescent Research (http://jar.sagepub.com/) vol. 14 no. 1 (Jan. 1999), page 95-121.
Topik: stage-environment fit perspective; diabetic adolescents; psychosocial; adolescents' psychosocial outcomes
Fulltext: JAR_14_01_95.pdf (181.6KB)

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Based on the stage-environment fit perspective (Eccles & Midgley), we hypothesized that diabetic adolescents who experience a developmental match would be more likely to experience optimal psychosocial outcomes. Three questions were addressed: Are there links between developmental match and adolescents’psychosocial outcomes, and if so, do such links differ by diabetic status? What are the long-term implications for later psychosocial outcomes of developmental match, and do such links differ by diabetic status? Do adolescents differentially perceive community support as a function of their developmental match and diabetic status? We assessed diabetic and nondiabetic adolescent boys and girls from a larger longitudinal study of chronic illness. Family characteristics were observed in a revealed difference task. Results suggested that even after controlling for psychosocial factors during adolescence, the benefits of developmental match (and the costs of developmental mismatch) could be observed during young adulthood. In addition, preadolescents with diabetes perceived their community as more supportive than any other group of adolescents. Results are discussed within a developmental contextual perspective, with particular attention to the experiences of diabetic adolescents.

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