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Methods: Parents of children with Down syndrome (DS), autistic spectrum disorder (ASD), cerebral palsy (CP), diabetes mellitus type 1 (DMT1), and parents of children without chronic diseases with typical development (TD) were included. Multivariate linear regression analysis was used to assess parental characteristics associated with the domains of individual and family QOL. Results: Compared to the parents of TD children, parents of children with ASD and DS were more likely to report reduced family QOL in all domains, while parents of children with DMT1 had lower parental perception. Self-esteem was positively associated with all domains of individual QOL, while optimism was associated with the overall individual QOL perception and health. Higher stress perception was negatively associated with most of the domains of individual and family QOL. Conclusions: This study confirmed that parents of children with chronic conditions are more likely to have lower perception of both individual and family QOL, which were associated with self-esteem, chronic stress, anxiety, and depression. Interventions should focus not only on the child with a chronic condition but on parents too.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm11102861","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,5,19]],"date-time":"2022-05-19T12:25:57Z","timestamp":1652963157000},"page":"2861","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":19,"title":["Family and Individual Quality of Life in Parents of Children with Developmental Disorders and Diabetes Type 1"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"11","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6200-0426","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Marija","family":"Ljubi\u010di\u0107","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Health Studies, University of Zadar, Splitska 1, 23000 Zadar, Croatia"},{"name":"Department of Pediatrics, General Hospital Zadar, Bo\u017ee Peri\u010di\u0107a 5, 23000 Zadar, Croatia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sanja","family":"Delin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatrics, General Hospital Zadar, Bo\u017ee Peri\u010di\u0107a 5, 23000 Zadar, Croatia"},{"name":"Department of Psychology, University of Zadar, Obala kralja Petra Kre\u0161imira IV 2, 23000 Zadar, Croatia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7918-6052","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ivana","family":"Kol\u010di\u0107","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Public Health, University of Split School of Medicine, 21000 Split, Croatia"},{"name":"Algebra LAB, Algebra University College, Gradi\u0161\u0107anska ul. 24, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,5,19]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"12","DOI":"10.4102\/ajod.v7i0.437","article-title":"Parents of children with disabilities: A systematic review of parenting interventions and self-efficacy","volume":"7","author":"Hohlfeld","year":"2018","journal-title":"Afr. 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