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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2025 May 2.
Published in final edited form as: Sci Diabetes Self Manag Care. 2023 Jun 18;49(4):267–280. doi: 10.1177/26350106231178837

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

Knowledge
 Diabetes prevention .323, <.001 .240, .003
 RH .497, <.001 .223, .006
 GDM .212, .010 .208, .011

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

Health behaviors
 Eating healthfully (n = 145) −.050, .547
 Physical activity (n = 145) −.177, .033

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

Clinical outcomes
 A1C, % (n = 141) .095, .262
 Body mass index (kg/m2; n = 146) .343, <.001