Predicting the Meaning of Life-Based on Moral Development and Cognitive Styles in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

Background and objectives: diabetes is the fifth leading cause of death in most countries of the world and causes disability, high medical costs, and increased mortality. the current study aimed to predict the meaning of life based on moral development and cognitive styles in patients with type 2 diabetes. methods: this study was carried out with an applied and descriptive-correlational design. the statistical population consisted of all patients of the karaj diabetes association in alborz, iran, in 2019, out of whom 200 subjects were selected using convenience sampling and cochran formula. in order to collect data, the meaning of life questionnaire of steger et al. (2006), kolbergʼs moral development test (1981), and kolbʼs cognitive styles scale (1981) were used. pearson correlation coefficient and multiple linear regression were used to analyze the data. the data were analyzed by spss software (version 23), and the significance level was considered 0.05. results: the obtained results showed that moral development and cognitive styles had a positive and significant relationship with the meaning of life in patients with type 2 diabetes (p<0.001). in addition, altruism, moral development level, objective experience, cognitive styles, reflective observation, abstract conceptualization, and active testing can predict the meaning of life in individuals with diabetes (p<0.001). conclusion: it can be concluded that moral development and cognitive styles can predict the meaning of life among patients with type 2 diabetes and these results support the importance of the role of the meaning of life in individuals with type 2 diabetes.