Berg Receives NIH Grant

Congratulations to Cindy Berg on her receipt of the NIH Grant titled "Self-regulation and collaborative coping with Type 1 Diabetes over the life span."

Below is the abstract with additional information on the grant.

Awarded from National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
"Self-regulation and collaborative coping with Type 1 Diabetes over the life span"
Cynthia A. Berg and Vicki Helgeson (Multiple PIs) from Carnegie-Mellon University, together with co-Investigators Tara Queen, Katie Baucom, Yana Suchy, Jonathan Butner, Rob Jones, Jim Chamberlain, and Mary Korytkowski.

In 2013, nearly three million Americans were living with type 1 diabetes, with 85% of these individuals being adults. As coping with diabetes occurs in a social context, romantic partners likely play an important role in diabetes management. However, little is known about how adults cope with type 1 diabetes management throughout adulthood and the role of romantic partners. Collaborative involvement by romantic partners (jointly coping with challenges of diabetes) may facilitate daily diabetes management in the face of competing work and family pressures among young and middle-aged adults and may be especially important for older adults who may be adept at collaboration but experiencing reduced cognitive and physical reserves. The proposed study applies an adult life-span perspective to examine the stressors that are linked to diabetes management during young, middle-aged, and older adulthood and the ways that romantic partners may facilitate diabetes management across time through collaborative coping processes. The study employs an innovative multi-method approach to the social context of type 1 diabetes management over the life span, which has great potential for informing developmentally appropriate tailored interventions for adults with type 1 diabetes and their partners.