effectiveness of mindfulness group training based on stress reduction on emotional self-regulation and self-care in diabetes type 2

Objective: this study was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of mindfulness group training based on stress reduction on emotional self-regulation and self-care in type 2 diabetes people - esfrain 2023. materials and methods: this is an experimental research with a pre-test and post-test method and a control group. the statistical society included all type 2 diabetes people in esfrain city, of whom 36 people were selected as the study sample. the participants were simple random placed in an experimental group and a control group. the experimental group received mindfulness group education based on stress reduction during eight 2-h sessions over 8 weeks, whereas the control group received no education. before and after the education sessions, the two groups completed hoffman and kashdan’s (2010) emotional self-regulation questionnaire and tobert and glasso’s (2000) self-care questionnaire. data were analyzed using the multivariate analysis of covariance test. results: the results showed that mindfulness group training based on stress reduction can improve emotional self-regulation scores and life expectancy in patients with type 2 diabetes(p: 0.0005).conclusion: according to the results of the research, mindfulness training based on stress reduction is suggested to diabetic patients as a complementary treatment with the aim of improving the level of emotional self-regulation and self-care.