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Studies have indicated that diabetic children are at risk of developing other diseases such as depression.

This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of depression in diabetic children and identify factors that influence it.

This cross-sectional study was performed on 125 diabetic children in the 7 - 16 age range who had attended the Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinic of the Children’s Medical Center affiliated to Tehran University of Medical Sciences. Children’s Depression Inventory (CDI) was used to assess depression.

The study showed 44% of the children were nondepressed, 14.4% depressed and 41.6% borderline. Depression in the diabetic children was not significantly associated with age, gender, injection tools, socioeconomic status, body mass index, number of siblings, disease duration, frequency of injections, number of injected units, and frequency of blood glucose monitoring. Depression was significantly associated with the level of mother’s education (P < 0.001), father’s education (P = 0.01), frequency of hospitalization (P = 0.04) and level of HbA1c (P = 0.03).

According to the results of the study, metabolic control reduces the HbA1c level and the frequency of hospitalization, thereby mitigating the risk of depression in the diabetic children. The educational level of parents, especially mother, is also effective in minimizing this risk in diabetic children.

The purpose of the research was to recognize the type of relationship between narrative and understanding the life story of introvert and extrovert students and achieving the details of the narrative life styles of these personality types. The research design was ex-post facto, the type of casual-comparative method. The sample group had 300 participants that included female undergraduate students at Tehran University, which was selected with randomized cluster sampling method. They were divided to introvert/extrovert groups by using the short form of the Eysenck Personality Inventory. Then some of them were selected from the end of the introversion/extraversion continuum and were interviewed by using Mcadamas life story form. The data was analyzed with meta-analysis and X2 test. The results showed that the attitude of introvert and extrovert people, their narrative content, the context, structure and pattern of narrative and also the mental and emotional space of their stories are significantly different. In addition, introversion- extraversion and neuroticism traits can influence the production of individual language in a variety of contexts.