2583-7214 TMP Universal Journal of Research and Review Archives 2583-7214 Ms Ashvi Jain 10.69557/ujrra.v4i1.145 THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT GROUP THERAPY ON MINDFULNESS AND HEALTH-ORIENTED LIFESTYLE OF DIABETIC PATIENTS Bakhtiari Bahareh 1 MA, Department of General Psychology, Boroujerd Branch, Islamic Azad University ,Borujerd , Iran 06 02 2025 4 1 2025 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License which permits unrestricted use, sharing, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) group therapy on mindfulness and health-oriented lifestyle in diabetic patients. The research employed a quasi-experimental design, with both a control group and an experimental group. The study population consisted of all type 1 diabetic patients who visited hospitals in Borujerd city in 1401. A total of 40 participants were selected using random sampling, with 20 individuals assigned to the experimental group and 20 to the control group. The research utilized Brown and Ryan’s (2003) mindfulness questionnaire and Laali et al.’s (2013) health-oriented lifestyle questionnaire. Data were analyzed using multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA). The results revealed that ACT group therapy significantly improved both mindfulness and health-oriented lifestyle in the experimental group compared to the control group. Therefore, it can be concluded that ACT group therapy has a positive effect on the mindfulness and health-oriented lifestyle of diabetic patients.

 Keywords Acceptance and commitment group therapy mindfulness health-oriented lifestyle diabetic patients