Table 1.

Family communication scales: frequency and tone of communication

Item	Youth			Parent			Correlation (youth to parent)
	Mean	SD	Correlation to tone	Mean	SD	Correlation to tone	Spearman’s rho
FCom 1: discussed insulin dosing of a particular meal	2.67	1.36	0.228*	2.89	1.31	0.246*	0.599**
TCom 1 ǂϕ	3.83	0.70	–	3.68	0.79	–	0.538**
FCom 2: discussed insulin dosing of a particular high blood sugar	2.29	1.05	0.092	2.29	0.91	0.038	0.480**
TCom 2 ǂϕ	3.68	0.79	–	3.54	0.86	–	0.625**
Fcom 3: discussed treatment of a particular low blood sugar ϕ(–)	2.06	0.95	0.150	2.00	0.87	0.183	0.528**
TCom 3	3.85	0.76	–	3.89	0.69	–	0.423**
FCom 4: discussed missed insulin boluses ǂ	1.50	0.84	−0.471**	1.47	0.82	−0.431**	0.353**
TCom 4	3.55	0.92	–	3.34	1.00	–	0.551**
FCom 5: discussed overall blood sugar control	2.80	1.18	0.181	2.89	1.12	0.151	0.526**
TCom 5 ǂϕ	3.61	0.87	–	3.53	0.83	–	0.616**
FCom 6: discussed frequency/number of low blood sugars ǂ(–) ϕ(–)	1.96	0.98	0.178	1.93	0.98	0.068	0.555**
TCom 6 ǂ	3.68	0.74	–	3.78	0.66	–	0.481**
FCom 7: discussed frequency/number of high blood sugars ǂ	2.51	1.05	−0.084	2.42	0.91	−0.002	0.393**
TCom 7 ǂϕ	3.50	0.88	–	3.47	0.93	–	0.704**
FCom 8: discussed adjustment of insulin/carb ratio	1.74	0.99	−0.105	1.75	1.00	0.124	0.578**
TCom 8 ǂ	3.82	0.72	–	3.75	0.72	–	0.699**
Fcom 9: discussed adjustment of Lantus/basal rates	1.57	0.83	0.079	1.51	0.73	0.066	0.502**
TCom 9 ǂ	3.84	0.78	–	3.88	0.72	–	0.662**
							Pearson’s R
FCom overall	2.13	0.69	0.077	2.14	0.64	0.077	0.604**
TCom overall	3.73	0.63	–	3.71	0.67	–	0.831**

* Correlation is significant at p < 0.05

** Correlation is significant at p < 0.01

ǂYouth response was significantly related to HbA1c (p < 0.05), controlling for youth age, gender, and duration of diabetes; (–) indicates that the increased frequency was associated with lower HbA1c

ϕ Parent response was significantly related to HbA1c (p < 0.05), controlling for youth age, gender, and duration of diabetes; (–) indicates that increased frequency was associated with lower HbA1c