The Effectiveness of Emotion-Focused Therapy on Anxiety, Life Satisfaction, Emotional Self-Regulation and Diabetes Management Self Efficacy in Women with Type 2 Diabetes

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Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Department of Psychology, Borujerd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Borujerd, Iran

2 Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, Pishtazan Higher Education Instiute Shiraz, Shiraz Iran

3 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, Malayer Branch, Islamic Azad University, Malayer, Iran.

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to effectiveness of emotion-focused therapy on anxiety, life satisfaction, emotional self-regulation and diabetes management self efficacy in women with type 2 diabetes. This semi-experimental study was conducted with a pretest-posttest design with control group and follow-up 2 month. In this research, the statistical population was all women with type 2 diabetes in Tehran city in year 2022., With using convenience sampling method, 50 people were selected and then randomly divided into 2 groups (each group 25 people) were replaced and experimental group underwent emotion-focused therapy (8 sessions 90 minutes), but the control group received no training and remained in the waiting list. To collect data Beck anxiety inventory (BAI), satisfaction with life scale (SWLS), emotion regulation questionnaire (ERQ) and diabetes management self-efficacy scale (DMSES). Analysis of variance with repeated measures with SPSS software version 28 was used for data analysis. The results showed that both intervention had a significant effect on anxiety, life satisfaction, emotional self-regulation and diabetes management self efficacy in women with type 2 diabetes (P<0.05).

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Journal of Applied Psychological Research

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Available Online from 14 April 2025

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History

  • Receive Date: 23 September 2023
  • Revise Date: 12 November 2023
  • Accept Date: 07 May 2024
  • First Publish Date: 14 April 2025
  • Publish Date: 14 April 2025

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