“…Selfmanagement can be conceptualized as a gateway to independence and productivity in other aspects of the YYA life such as socializing with friends, engaging in team sports, and accessing community resources (Betz, 2017a;Betz and Coyne, 2020;Klassen et al, 2015;Sawin, 2017;Sawin et al, 2020;Van Staa et al, 2020). To illustrate, an adolescent with spina bifida who has not achieved independence in performing continuous intermittent catheterization would be severely limited in engaging in typical peer-socialization activities after school or on weekends (Betz, 2017a). Its importance as a component of long-term condition management is evidenced by investigations conducted to discover the extent to which YYA have developed self-management abilities (SMA) and both the knowledge and barriers that impede or facilitate their acquisition of SMA (Coyne et al, 2017a(Coyne et al, , 2017bCrosby et al, 2017;Klassen et al, 2015;Ladouceur et al, 2017;Psihogios et al, 2015;Pyatak et al, 2017;Smith et al, 2011).…”