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The purpose of this study was to determine whether measures of anxiety, stress, and means of coping with stress differ in diabetic adolescents in good, fair, and poor metabolic control. Trait anxiety, perceived daily stress, and coping responses to a recent stressful event were assessed in 27 adolescents with Type 1 diabetes mellitus. Information also was obtained regarding the type of stressful events that subjects referred to in completing the coping measure, as well as their appraisals of the events. Hemoglobin A1 (HbA1) obtained at the time of the study was used as a measure of antecedent metabolic control. Based upon their HbA1, patients were divided into three metabolic control subgroups: good control (M= 8.4%; n= 8), fair control (M= 10.9%; n= 9), and poor control (M= 13.3%; n= 10). Patients in these subgroups were similar with regard to age, disease duration, and socioeconomic status. Results indicated …