Table 3.
The Associations Between Daughter’s Age and Mother’s Diabetes Status and Diabetes-Related Constructs for Mother and Daughter Participants and Behavioral Outcomes for Daughters
| Construct | Daughter’s age (<16 y, ≥16 y) (N = 149) r, P value |
Mother’s history of DM (no, yes) (N = 149) r, P value |
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| Knowledge | ||
| Diabetes prevention | .323, <.001 | .240, .003 |
| RH | .497, <.001 | .223, .006 |
| GDM | .212, .010 | .208, .011 |
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| Expanded health belief model constructs | ||
| Perceived susceptibility (GDM-related) | −.008, .924 | .235, .004 |
| Perceived severity (GDM-related) | .062, .467 | −.001, .990 |
| Perceived benefits (GDM-related) | .213, .010 | .014, .865 |
| Perceived barriers (GDM-related) | .103, .217 | .188, .024 |
| Intention (GDM-related; n = 145) | −.075, .369 | — |
| Intention (family planning; n = 142) | .077, .361 | — |
| Self-efficacy | ||
| Family Planning (n = 146) | .059, .482 | — |
| Healthy living (n = 141) | −.191, .023 | — |
| Pregnancy planning (n = 143) | −.038, .651 | — |
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| Health behaviors | ||
| Eating healthfully (n = 145) | −.050, .547 | — |
| Physical activity (n = 145) | −.177, .033 | — |
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| Communication | ||
| Parent-adolescent communication | ||
| Degree of openness | .058, .487 | −.039, .638 |
| Extent of problems | .031, .713 | −.023, .783 |
| GDM and RH communication | ||
| Intention to initiate discussion (total) | .145, .083 | .058, .483 |
| Intention to initiate discussion (HCP) | .138, .104 | .047, .579 |
| Intention to initiate discussion (dyad member) | .133, .116 | .071, .398 |
| Actual initiation of discussion with HCP (GDM) | .037, .658 | .037, .654 |
| Actual initiation of discussion with HCP (RH) | .401, <.001 | .051, .538 |
| Actual initiation of discussion with dyad member (GDM) | .241, .003 | .122, .139 |
| Actual initiation of discussion with dyad member (RH) | .325, <.001 | .061, .463 |
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| Clinical outcomes | ||
| A1C, % (n = 141) | .095, .262 | — |
| Body mass index (kg/m2; n = 146) | .343, <.001 | — |