saeid rahimi - Phd Student in Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Mohaghegh Ardabili University, Ardabil, Iran.
Nilofar Mikaeli - Professor of Psychology, educational sciences and psychology, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardebil, Iran.
Mohammad Narimani - Full Professor of Psychology, educational sciences and psychology, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardebil, Iran.
Sajjad Basharpour - Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Iran

Aim the aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of time perspective treatment on health-related quality of life and Health Locus of Control for patients with Type ۲ diabetes with sexual dysfunction. Methods: the current research method was Semi experiment and its design was pre-test post-test with the control group. The statistical community of this study formed all patients with Type ۲ diabetes with sexual dysfunction visiting the Persian diabetes clinic in Mashhad in ۲۰۲۴. ۳۰ of these people were selected by targeted non-random sampling and and replaced in two experimental and control groups randomly. The experimental group underwent time perspective treatment for ۶ sessions of ۶۰ Minutes, and the control group underwent a waiting list. Health-related quality of life tests (۱۹۹۲) and Health Locus of Control Elston et al. (۱۹۷۸) were used to collect data in both pre-test and post-test stages. Raw data were analysed by the multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) test in SPSS ۲۴ software. Results: the results showed that after controlling the effects of pre-test, there was a significant difference between the average post-test scores of the two Test and control groups in variables on health-related quality of life and Health Locus of Control of patients with Type ۲ diabetes with sexual dysfunction. Conclusion: time perspective treatment affects health-related quality of life and Health Locus of Control for patients with Type ۲ diabetes with sexual dysfunction.

Time perspective treatment, Health-related Quality of Life, Health Locus of Control, Type ۲ diabetes, sexual dysfunction