The Ups And Downs Of Parenting Young Children With Type 1 Diabetes: A Crowdsourcing Study

Keywords

Crowdsourcing; Parental coping; Social support; Type 1 diabetes; Young children

Abstract

Objectives Parenting young children with type 1 diabetes (YC-T1D) entails pervasive challenges; parental coping may influence child and parent outcomes. This study used a qualitative descriptive design to describe these challenges comprehensively to inform the user-centered design of an Internet coping resource for parents. Methods A "Parent Crowd" of 153 parents of children with T1D onset at 5 years old submitted textual responses online to open-ended questions about parenting YC-T1D. Systematic coding organized responses into domains, themes, and examples. A supplemental focus group of racial/ethnic minority parents enhanced the sample's diversity and validated findings from the Parent Crowd. Results Similar domains and themes emerged from responses of crowdsourcing and focus group participants. In each domain, parenting YC-T1D was challenging, but there was also substantial evidence of positive coping strategies and adaptability. Conclusions The study yielded rich data to inform user-centered design of an Internet resource for parents of YC-T1D.

Publication Date

9-1-2017

Publication Title

Journal of Pediatric Psychology

Volume

42

Issue

8

Number of Pages

846-860

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/jsx056

Socpus ID

85031923840 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85031923840

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