Investigation of the Effectiveness of Emotion Regulation Training on Emotion Regulation Strategies and Depression of Pediatric type I Diabetes

Mina  Shafakhah; Sima  Bijan

doi:10.18502/ijdo.v14i2.9449

Mina Shafakhah M.Sc. in Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychology, Shiraz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz, Iran.
Sima Bijan M.Sc. in Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychology, Shiraz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz, Iran.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18502/ijdo.v14i2.9449

Keywords: Emotion regulation, Strategies, Depression, Pediatric, Type I diabetes

Abstract

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of emotion regulation training on depression and emotion regulation strategies of pediatric type I diabetes.

Materials and Methods: The study used a quasi-experimental approach that included pre-and post-test assessments to compare the experimental and control groups. The University of Medical Sciences in Shiraz, provided services to a total of 30 patients. Patients were chosen using purposive sampling and were randomly allocated to either the experimental group (n=15) or the control group (n=15) Pediatric types I diabetes. The Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II) and the Gross and John Emotion Regulation Questionnaire were used to collecting data. The experimental group got eight training sessions on depression and emotional regulation (once a week for two months), whereas the control group got no instruction. The data was analyzed using an analysis of covariance by SPSS.23.

Results: The mean (±SD) of age in the experimental group and control groups were determined to be 14.60 (±0.88) and 14.46 (±073) years, respectively. According to the results, emotion regulation training had a significant effect in decreasing depression and increasing the adaptive emotional regulation strategies in students (P> 0.001).

Conclusion: Emotion regulation training might be a useful strategy for improving emotion regulation difficulties in patients with type I diabetes, according to the findings of this investigation, although the efficacy of emotion regulation training was not approved in this investigation due to a lack of intervention factors.