Transition from pediatric to adult health care is a key milestone for children and young people (CYP) with chronic conditions. Family management (FM) and self-management are two important concepts during the process. This study aimed to explore the relationships between FM, self-management and transition readiness, and quality of life (QoL), and identify the potential CYP or family factors influencing the relationships. Data about FM, self-management and transition readiness, QoL, and various contextual factors were collected from 268 caregiver–child pairs. Structural equation modeling was used to examine the relationships between all variables. Results revealed that the easy aspects of FM mediated the relationships between the challenging aspects of FM, self-management and transition readiness, and QoL of CYP. Self-management and transition readiness mediated the relationship between the easy aspects of FM and QoL. Contextual factors indirectly influenced CYP’s transition readiness and QoL through different aspects of FM. The results imply that to ensure the smooth transition from pediatric to adult health care and improve the CYP’s QoL, strengthening CYP’s independence and self-management competencies, combined with the support of the easy aspects of FM, seem to be useful strategies to increase CYP’s readiness for transfer.
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