OBJECTIVE To systematically study the various coping styles in a population-based sample of adolescents with type 1 diabetes, exploring the association of different coping styles with metabolic control and adolescent self-reported diabetes-related quality of life. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Of a total population of 116 adolescents with type 1 diabetes (age 13-18 years), 103 (89%) participate...

purpose: non-addict wives who are discordant with theirhusbands in substance use encounter many problems andexperience considerable stress in their life. in the present study weaimed to investigate the effectiveness of life skills instruction incoping skills of non-addict wives who were discordant with theirhusbands in substance use. materials and method: thirty women who did not use problem-fo...

OBJECTIVES To assess the relationship between life styles and eating habits with the overweight and obesity prevalence in a Spanish adult population. METHODS A population-based, cross-sectional study conducted on 2640 subjects older than 15 years, in Cádiz (Spain). Surveys were conducted in subjects' homes to obtain life styles, eating habits, and anthropometric data. Logistic regression has ...

After thirty-three years it is impossible for me to separate those influences on my developing life style that resulted directly from being an albino from those that must naturally have come from the life styles of my parents. I am conscious, however, that from an early age I was told that I could not do particular things-that is, someone made that assumption for me when I was too young to eval...