The effectiveness of positive thinking training on subjective well-being, functional flexibility and psychological coherence in patients with type 2 diabetes

Subject Areas : Journal of Educational Psychology

Nasrin Zabihi ¹ , Taher Tizdast ² , Mohammadreza Zarbakhsh ³

1 - PhD student, Department of Psychology, Tonekabon Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tonekabon, Iran
2 - Department of Psychology, Tonekabon Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tonekabon, Iran
3 - Department of Psychology, Tonekabon Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tonekabon, Iran

Received: 2023-07-07 Accepted : 2023-08-28 Published : 2023-08-23

Keywords: positive thinking, Type 2 diabetes, mental well-being, sense of coherence, action flexibility,

Abstract :

   The aim of the present study is the effectiveness of positive thinking training on mental well-being, action flexibility and psychological coherence in patients with type 2 diabetes. This semi-experimental research was pre-test, post-test and follow-up after two months. The statistical population includes people with type 2 diabetes who referred to the Mashhad International Diabetes Prevention and Control Foundation in the summer of 2019. Keyes and Magyarmo (2003), Antonovsky's sense of coherence (1987) and Conover and Davidson's (2003) subjective well-being questionnaire were used to collect data. The results of analysis of variance with repeated measurement showed that positive thinking training is effective and lasting on the mental well-being, sense of psychological coherence and action flexibility of people with type 2 diabetes.. Positive thinking training in patients suffering from diabetes strengthens positive personal traits such as courage, sense of aesthetics, foresight, etc. and a new method of provide cognitive processing and regulation of emotions.