the effectiveness of motivational psychotherapy on social-emotional competencies of students with type 1 diabetes

Background: this study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of motivational psychotherapy on the social-emotional competencies of students with type 1 diabetes. methods: the research employed a mixed-method approach. the first phase involved qualitative and deductive content analysis. during a multi-step process, an educational package was developed and validated by the researchers using written sources and guidance from psychology experts and knowledgeable professors. the quantitative phase utilized a quasi-experimental pre-test and post-test design with a control group. the study population included all secondary school students in gonabad during 2022 - 2023. fifty male students were randomly selected and divided into two groups of 25 (experimental and control groups). the research instrument used was the social-emotional competence questionnaire by zuo and ji (2012). the experimental group participated in eight 90-minute sessions of motivational psychotherapy, held twice a week, while the control group received no intervention. data analysis was performed using spss- 24 software and multivariate analysis of variance. results: the findings revealed that the motivational psychotherapy program significantly increased the social-emotional competencies of the experimental group compared to the control group (p < 0.01). these results indicate that the educational package of motivational psychotherapy is an effective method for enhancing the social-emotional competencies of secondary school students with type 1 diabetes. conclusions: this study highlights the effectiveness of motivational psychotherapy in improving social-emotional competencies in students with type 1 diabetes. the findings underscore the importance of targeted interventions in fostering emotional and social skills among this demographic.