Parent–adolescent dyads: association of parental autonomy support and parent–adolescent shared diabetes care responsibility

Purpose Parent–adolescent shared responsibility for diabetes care is advocated by experts to achieve beneficial diabetes and psychosocial outcomes for adolescents with type 1 diabetes. Parental autonomy support may be a way to facilitate this sharing. In this dyadic study, we examined parental diabetes‐specific autonomy support experienced by adolescents with type 1 diabetes and their parents ( n = 89 dyads), and its association with their...