| Category | Concept |
| Girls employ the wisdom and knowledge they have gained from experience | Girls search for information and utilize care-related skills Girls associate blood glucose measurement values with their own physical sensations Girls experience heightened physical sensations Girls disclose their diabetes status selectively, to protect themselves |
| Girls revisit their lifestyle and diabetes care practices, with an eye to their future | Girls revisit their lifestyle after becoming newly cognizant of the fear of their situation worsening or complications Girls start to think about potential motherhood Girls feel a new sense of responsibility for their therapeutic behaviors as a result of living alone or employment |
| Girls are frustrated at diabetes’ relentless presence in their lives | Girls feel annoyed to have to suspend their daily activities to perform injections and blood glucose measurements Girls feel explaining the disease to people is bothersome Girls feel annoyed about hiding their injections Girls feel relocating to the school infirmary to perform injections is bothersome |
| Girls feel “out of sync” with their physical sensations | Girls measure blood glucose less frequently as they get older, leading them to become disconnected from their physical sensations Girls perform therapeutic behaviors less responsibly as they lead independent lives |
| Girls give precedence to fun, and forget about their disease | Girls rebel against parental interference in therapeutic behaviors Girls prioritize fun activities, and forget about their disease Girls become concerned about changes in their figure due to insulin regulation |
| Girls gain new awareness of their disease due to discrimination and comparing themselves to others | Girls experience invisible discrimination Girls become aware of differences between their lives and those of their siblings and friends |
| Girls build a foundation for taking control of their physical health | Girls struggle with regulating their blood sugar during their first menstrual period, and search for solutions Girls explore ways to regulate their blood sugar adapted to to their individual lives |
| Girls begin to feel they understand their own bodies | Girls learn and get used to the essential range of therapeutic behaviors Girls feel uncertainty surrounding their own judgments Girls give greater concern to those around them than to themselves |