The Effectiveness of Group Therapy Based on Acceptance and Commitment on Emotional Expressiveness and Self – Care Activities in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

increasing urbanization and lifestyle changes, diabetes has become a common disease, which puts many problems on the lives of infected people. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of group psychotherapy based on admission and commitment to emotional expression and self-care behaviors in patients with type 2 diabetes. The present study is a quasi-experimental study with pretest-posttest with control group. The statistical population of the study consisted of all women with type 2 diabetes referring to health centers under the Diabetes Association of Tehran in 1396-1396 and its sample included 36 patients from this group who were divided into two experimental groups 18) and control (18 people). The experimental group received 8 sessions of intervention using group therapy based on acceptance and commitment and the control group was placed on the waiting list. Data were collected in pre-test and post-test stages using questionnaire and Tober & Glasgow self-care behaviors questionnaire and analyzed by multivariate analysis of variance and analyzed by SPSS v.23 software. And analyzed. Data analysis showed that there was a significant difference between the mean of emotional expressiveness and self-care of the experimental and control groups in the post-test. In other words, group psychotherapy based on acceptance and commitment significantly increased emotional expressiveness and self-care behaviors in patients with type 2 diabetes (P