Improving Diabetes-Related Parent-Adolescent Communication With Individualized Feedback.

Objective: To pilot a brief individualized feedback intervention to improve the communication skills of parents with an adolescent with type 1 diabetes.

Methods: Parent-adolescent dyads (N = 79) discussed a diabetes-related problem, while an interventionist rated the parent's communication skills to give feedback to the parents. Parents were then randomized to a brief feedback session to target person-centered communication skills or an educational session.

Correlates and consequences of the disclosure of pain-related distress to one's spouse.

The communication of pain has received a great deal of attention in the pain literature; however, one form of pain communication--emotional disclosure of pain-related distress (e.g., sadness, worry, anger about pain)--has not been studied extensively.