Medical Journal of Mashhad university of Medical Sciences

Medical Journal of Mashhad university of Medical Sciences

Compilation and validation of the model of belief in a just world based on social support with the mediating role of emotional schemas and cognitive flexibility in patients with type 2 diabetes

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors
Tahereh Hosseini 1
Mehdi Zare Bahramabadi 2
Reza Ghorban Jahromi 3
1 Ph.D. student of General Psychology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
2 Associate Professor, Department of Counseling, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran.
3 Assistant Professor, Department of Educational psychology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
10.22038/mjms.2024.82815.4770
Abstract
Purpose: The present study was conducted with the aim of evaluating the formulation and validation of the model of belief in a just world based on social support with the mediating role of emotional schemas and cognitive flexibility in patients with type 2 diabetes. Method: The research method is descriptive-correlation and structural equation modeling in a special way. The population of this study was all patients with type 2 diabetes referred to specialized diabetes clinics in Tehran in 2020-2021, and 350 people were selected as samples by random sampling. To collect data from the Belief in a Just World Scale (Dalbert, 1999 and Sutton & Douglas, 2005), Perceived Social Support Scale (MPSSS; Zimmett, Dahlem, Zimmett, & Farley, 1977), Emotional Schemas Scale (ESS; Leahy, 2002) and Cognitive Flexibility Inventory (CFI; Dennis and Vanderwaal, 2010) using and analyzing data using structural equation method. Findings: The results showed that the fit indices of the research model were favorable (GFI<0. 9) and emotional schemas and cognitive flexibility played a mediating role in the relationship between marital commitment and differentiation. Conclusion: This means that emotional schemas and cognitive flexibility play a mediating role in the relationship between marital commitment and differentiation. Therefore, considering emotional schemas, cognitive flexibility and differentiation can play an effective role in couples' relationships and increase marital commitment.
Keywords
belief in a just world
social support
emotional schemas
cognitive flexibility
Subjects
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Medical Journal of Mashhad university of Medical Sciences
Volume 67, Issue 6
January and February 2025
Pages 1593-1611