“…A number of recent studies suggest that illness uncertainty in children and families can be associated with increased child distress among a number of illness groups including diabetes (Hoff, Mullins, Chaney, Hartman, & Domek, 2002), asthma (Hommel et al, 2003;Mullins, Chaney, Balderson, & Hommel, 2000), and cancer (Neville, 1998). Similarly, for children with diabetes, an increase in parent's illness uncertainty predicted parent's psychological distress (Carpentier, Mullins, Chaney, & Wagner, 2006).…”