Influence of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy on Psychological Wellbeing and Ego-Resiliency in Type 2 Diabetes Patients in Sabzevar

Objective: psychological wellbeing and ego-resiliency are highly affected in a chronic disease like type 2 diabetes mellitus (t2dm), where psychological interventions are considered as an option. the present study, therefore, aimed to investigate the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy (cbt) on psychological wellbeing and ego-resiliency of t2dm in sabzevar, iran. materials and methods: this experimental pretest-posttest design was conducted on t2dm patients admitted to diabetes center in sabzevar, iran. the sample included 30 patients, selected by convenient sampling, and randomly assigned into control (n=15) and experimental groups (n=15). ryff’s psychological wellbeing scale and klohnen's ego-resiliency inventory were used to collect data. cbt was conducted for the experimental group. statistical analyses were performed in spss17 using ancova. results: the findings indicated that cbt had considerable impact on psychological wellbeing (and its six components: self-acceptance, personal growth, purpose in life, environmental mastery, autonomy, and positive relations with others), and ego-resiliency, in t2dm (p-value ≤ 0.01). conclusion: the application of cbt, in t2dm patients can be an effective, applicable and promising intervention to enhance the psychological wellbeing and ego-resiliency, two highly affected constructs in chronic diseases leading to serious comorbidities for health.