Table 1.

Pearson correlations between parenting style, parental sense of helplessness, treatment adherence, and glycemic control (n = 100)

Style		HbA1c	Treatment adherence
Authoritative	Father	−0.34**	−0.24*
	Mother	−0.08 (NS)	−0.08 (NS)
Authoritarian	Father	0.13 (NS)	0.06 (NS)
	Mother	0.08 (NS)	0.08 (NS)
Permissive	Father	0.05 (NS)	0.18 (NS)
	Mother	0.09 (NS)	0.23*
Sense of helplessness	Father	0.28*	0.39***
	Mother	0.27**	0.44***

*P < 0.05,

**P < 0.005,

***P < 0.001.

NS, P > 0.05.