Glucose in the Dynamic Psychosocial Environment: Findings From Adolescents With Type 1 Diabetes

Results suggest that social interactions-regardless of with whom one interacts-are highly distracting to adolescents with diabetes and may detract from one's diabetes management. Further, adolescents' perceptions of diabetes self-care may miss important aspects of disease management, or their self-care efforts may be overshadowed by the variability and unpredictability of type 1 diabetes. Results are exploratory and should be replicated in a confirmatory setting.