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Adolescents and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

“…[10][11][12][13][14] There is, however, a dearth of research exploring the effect of social support and diabetes selfcare management in adolescents with T2DM. Taylor et al 15 argue that adolescents living with a chronic illness experience the same developmental trajectories (ie, physical, emotional, social, identity development, and a focus on peer acceptance 16,17 ) as healthy adolescents and that social support and peer acceptance may be particularly important for disease management.…”