'It's life threatening, it's not life limiting but it's life threatening' - Dyadic framework analysis of adolescent and parent adjustment to a type 1 diabetes diagnosis.

Type 1 diabetes-management can be considered an adolescent-parent collaboration. Given particular adolescent adherence challenges, it is integral that adolescent-parent dyadic relationships are investigated. Therefore, this study aimed to explore dyads' adjustment to type 1 diabetes, while examining the congruence/dissimilarity within these dyads.

Personality traits and mediating pathways to mortality risk: A systematic review.

Objective: Personality traits have been regularly linked with all-cause mortality risk. However, what mechanisms may provide an indirect pathway from personality traits to mortality is unclear. We sought to systematically review the literature and provide an overview of the potential mechanisms that have been identified in the literature.

Stigma is associated with illness self-concept in individuals with concealable chronic illnesses.

Objectives: Previous research suggests that chronic illnesses can elicit stigma, even when those illnesses are concealable. Such stigmatization is assumed to lead to a stigmatized identity. Additionally, chronic illness affects one's self-concept, as one reconstructs a sense of self with illness incorporated.

Clinical supervision in oncology: A narrative review.

The aim of this narrative literature review is to (a) review all empirical studies of clinical supervision (CS) in oncology and to (b) highlight some CS practice issues distinctive to cancer care. This review identified empirical studies related to qualified professionals and published in English since 1995 that connected to CS and oncology. A total of 15 studies were identified with the majority as small scale, exploratory and qualitative.

Making the leap and finding your feet: A qualitative study of disclosure and social support in university students with type 1 diabetes.

University poses unique challenges surrounding disclosure for students living with type 1 diabetes, with implications for social support and self-management. Semi-structured interviews with students and peer interviewers living with type 1 diabetes explored university experiences of disclosure and social support. Thematic analysis identified three major themes: and .