Abstract
Diabetes management requires consistently implementing adherence behaviors in a variety of settings. For some adolescents, consistency may be difficult due to problems in communication and assertiveness. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the impact of a camp curriculum to teach assertive communication skills to adolescents with diabetes. The curriculum included didactic information, sharing of personal experiences, and role playing. Results showed a significant increase in adolescents' perceptions of their assertiveness from before to after the camp experience, an increase that was still apparent at a 3-month follow-up. No changes were reported in parental perceptions of their adolescents' degree of openness in communicating or in communication problems. In contrast, adolescents reported a significant decrease in their degree of openness in communicating with fathers, with a similar trend for mothers. These results suggest that the curriculum was successful in meeting the primary goal of enhancing the adolescents' assertive communication skills but had a questionable impact on their general communications with parents.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 136-141 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | The Diabetes educator |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| State | Published - Mar 1993 |
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- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
- Internal Medicine
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
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Teaching assertive communication skills to adolescents with diabetes : evaluation of a camp curriculum. / Smith, K. E.; Schreiner, B.; Jackson, C.; Travis, L. B.
In: The Diabetes educator, Vol. 19, No. 2, 03.1993, p. 136-141.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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AU - Smith, K. E.
AU - Schreiner, B.
AU - Jackson, C.
AU - Travis, L. B.
PY - 1993/3
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AB - Diabetes management requires consistently implementing adherence behaviors in a variety of settings. For some adolescents, consistency may be difficult due to problems in communication and assertiveness. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the impact of a camp curriculum to teach assertive communication skills to adolescents with diabetes. The curriculum included didactic information, sharing of personal experiences, and role playing. Results showed a significant increase in adolescents' perceptions of their assertiveness from before to after the camp experience, an increase that was still apparent at a 3-month follow-up. No changes were reported in parental perceptions of their adolescents' degree of openness in communicating or in communication problems. In contrast, adolescents reported a significant decrease in their degree of openness in communicating with fathers, with a similar trend for mothers. These results suggest that the curriculum was successful in meeting the primary goal of enhancing the adolescents' assertive communication skills but had a questionable impact on their general communications with parents.
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