Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• Fateme Biglari ¹
• Fatemeh Sheibani Tazraji ²

¹ Psychology, Unuversity ofPhD student in General Psychology, Bandar Abbas Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bandar Abbas, Iran.

² Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Bandar Abbas Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bandar Abbas, Iran.

Abstract

The present study was conducted to investigate the efficacy of unified trans-diagnostic treatment on the cognitive fusion and self-care behaviors of the students with type-1 diabetes. It was a quasi-experimental study with pretest, posttest, with control group design. The follow-up period was administered in two months too. The statistical population of the present study included first- and second-grade high school students with type-1 diabetes in the town of Lar in academic year 2021-22. Thirty six students with type 1 diabetes were selected through purposive sampling method and randomly accommodated into experimental and control groups. The experimental group received ten sessions of unified trans-diagnostic treatment during two-and-a-half months. The applied questionnaires included Cognitive Fusion Questionnaire (Gillanders, et.al, 2010) and Self-Care Questionnaire. The results showed that unified trans-diagnostic treatment has significant effect on the cognitive fusion and self-care behaviors of the students with type-1 diabetes. According to the findings of present study it can be concluded that unified trans-diagnostic treatment can be used as an efficient treatment to decrease cognitive fusion and improve self-care behaviors in the students with type-1 diabetes through applying techniques such as knowing emotions, cognitive reevaluation training, identifying emotion avoidance models and investigating behaviors coming from emotion.

Keywords

• Unified trans-diagnostic treatment
• cognitive fusion
• self-care behaviors
• type-1 diabetes