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

Document Type : Original Article

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1 M.A., Department of Psychology, Karaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran.

2 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Karaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran.

10.30483/rijm.2021.254191.1043

Abstract

Background and objectives: Diabetes is the fifth leading cause of death in most countries of the world and causes disability, disability, high medical costs, and increased mortality. The aim of this study was to predict the meaning of life based on moral development and cognitive styles in patients with type 2 diabetes.
Methods: This study was an applied and descriptive-correlational study. The statistical population consisted of all patients of the Karaj Diabetes Association in 2019, among whom 200 were selected by convenience sampling method and Cochran formula. In order to collect data, the Meaning of Life Questionnaire of Steger et al. (2006), Kolberg's Moral development Test (1981), and Kolb Cognitive Styles Scale (1981) were used. Pearson correlation test and multiple linear regression were used to analyze the data. Data were analyzed by SPSS software version 23, and the significance level was 0.05.
Results: The results showed that moral development and cognitive styles have a positive and significant relationship with the meaning of life in people with diabetes (p <0.001) and altruism, moral development level, objective experience cognitive style, reflective observation, abstract conceptualization, and active testing can predict the meaning of life in people with diabetes (p <0.001)
Conclusion: It can be concluded that moral development and cognitive styles can predict the meaning of life among people with type 2 diabetes and these results support the importance of the role of the meaning of life in people with type 2 diabetes.

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Razavi International Journal of Medicine
Volume 9, Issue 4
October 2021
Pages 19-25

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