The Empowerment of Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes Is Associated with Their Executive Functions

Table 3

Correlations between executive functions and readiness to change in T1DM adolescents. DES I – managing the psychosocial aspects of diabetes, DES II – assessing dissatisfaction and readiness to change, DES III – setting and achieving diabetes goals.

Diabetes empowerment
Executive function	DES I	DES II	DES III	DES total score
Inhibit	0.27	-0.04	0.18	0.22
Shift	0.36	0.06	0.33	0.36
Emotional control	0.30	-0.16	0.20	0.22
Monitor	0.30	0.18	0.28	0.33
Working memory	0.32	0.11	0.31	0.33
Plan organize	0.46	0.14	0.49	0.50
Organisation of materials	0.32	0.21^1	0.28	0.34
Task completion	0.41	0.09	0.42	0.41
BRI	0.38	-0.02	0.28	0.33
MI	0.45	0.16	0.46	0.48
GEC (BRI+MI)	0.46	0.08	0.41	0.45
Behavioural shift	0.26	0.01	0.20	0.23
Cognitive shift	0.32	0.04	0.34	0.34

p<0.05, p<0.001
¹ correlation significant in boys (r=0.3, p<0.01), but not in girls (r=0.1, p>0.05); other correlations mentioned in this table are statistically significant in both sexes.