Effectiveness of Gratitude Training on Cognitive Emotion Regulation and Psychological Well-Being of Individuals with Diabetes in Urmia

Seyfollahzadeh Janfada, Ali; Ahmadi, Sedigheh; Bagherzadeh Jalilvand, Sara; Hoseinian Neyestani, Samaneh

doi:10.22034/mhrp.2023.384110.1017

Effectiveness of Gratitude Training on Cognitive Emotion Regulation and Psychological Well-Being of Individuals with Diabetes in Urmia

Document Type : Empirical Studies

Authors

¹ Islamic Azad University, Urmia Branch, Urmia Iran

² Karazmi University, Tehran, Iran

³ Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran

10.22034/mhrp.2023.384110.1017

Abstract

Diabetes is one of the serious diseases that can have a significant impact on the mental health and quality of life of affected people. The present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of gratitude training on cognitive emotion regulation and the psychological well-being of patients with diabetes. This quasi-experimental study was conducted using a pre-test and post-test design with a control group. Using the convenience sampling method, 30 individuals with diabetes living in Urmia, Iran, were selected and randomly assigned into either experimental or control group. A gratitude training program was conducted for 10 sessions for the participants in experimental group while the control group stayed on waitlist. All the participants answered the cognitive emotion regulation questionnaire (CERQ) and the Ryff’s psychological well-being scale (PWB). ANCOVA by using SPSS 26 was used for data analysis. Results showed that there were significant differences between the experimental and the control group on both mean scores of cognitive emotion regulation and psychological well-being even after controlling for pre-test scores (all P's < 0.05). It seems gratitude training improves the quality of life of individuals with diabetes by improving their cognitive emotion regulation and psychological well-being. Therefore, this approach can be applied as an effective intervention for improving mental health in individuals with diabetes.

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Effectiveness of Gratitude Training on Cognitive Emotion Regulation and Psychological Well-Being of Individuals with Diabetes in Urmia © 2023 by Ali Seyfollahzadeh Janfada; Sedigheh Ahmadi; Sara Bagherzadeh Jalilvand; Samaneh Hoseinian Neyestani is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0