ISSN 1662-4009 (online)

ey0015.10-17 | Psychology and quality of life | ESPEYB15

10.17 Strengths, risk factors, and resilient outcomes in adolescents with T1DM: results from diabetes MILES Youth-Australia

ME Hilliard , V Hagger , C Hendrieckx , BJ Anderson , S Trawley , MM Jack , F Pouwer , T Skinner , J Speight

To read the full abstract: Diabetes Care. 2017;40:849-855Coping strategies for people with chronic diseases include working on risk factors as well as using and employing resilience factors in daily coping strategies. Both strengthes and difficulties may be experienced by people with T1DM. In this study, strengths were strongly related to key resilient outcomes, even in the presence of well-documente...