The effectiveness of positive psychotherapy on subjective wellbeing of obese women with type 2 diabetes

Abstract

Background: Various research have shown that positive psychotherapy has been effective on improving mental health indices among patients, but no research has investigated the effectiveness of positive psychotherapy on subjective wellbeing of obese women with type 2 diabetes. Aims: The current research was conducted by the aim of investigating the effectiveness of positive psychotherapy on obese women with type 2 diabetes Method: The research was quasi-experimental with pre-test-post-test design-follow-up with the control group. The study population consisted of all obese women with type 2 diabetes, members of the Sanandaj Diabetes Association in 2019, which numbered 758 people. Forty patients were randomly selected as a sample and randomly assigned to two experimental and control groups (20 Person). The research tools were Rumi and et al.'s mental well-being questionnaire (2010) and positivist psychotherapy sessions (Rashid and Seligen, 2013). Data analysis was performed by variance analysis with repeated measurement and Bonfroni follow-up test. Results: Positive psychotherapy significantly increased the mental well-being of the subjects of the group undergoing intervention in the post-test and follow-up stages (p< 0/01). Also, therapeutic intervention was effective in increasing positive emotions and reducing negative emotions in patients (p< 0/01). Conclusions: Women who participated in positive psychotherapy sessions increased their mental well-being.

Keywords

• positive psychotherapy
• subjective wellbeing
• obesity
• type 2 diabetes
• women.