Introduction:

Diabetes mellitus should be approached from a holistic approach, where the motivational affective functioning of patients suffering from it is considered.

Objective:

To determine the motivational affective characteristics in chronic diabetic patients. Methods: A descriptive exploratory study was carried out with a mixed research paradigm, where quantitative and qualitative analyzes were integrated. Responding to this approach, the sample was made up of 10 chronic diabetic subjects, not intending that the findings derived from their study were generalized to the population, but yes, due to their inductive nature, they reflected the perspective of the person experiencing the phenomenon under study. For the research, the psychological analysis of the clinical history, the RAMDI (S), the Dembo-Rubinstein Scale, the Phrase Completion Test, the Composition Technique, as well as the semi-structured interview were applied.

Results:

Awareness of the disease was found, showing an adequate assessment of it, accompanied by an emotional commitment and personal elaboration in their reflections, where their experiences and life experiences are combined, and giving an emotional-motivational orientation to their behavior.

Conclusions:

The health category appears as a central and hierarchical motive in these subjects, but despite this, not everyone manages to regulate their behavior in an effective and healthy way.

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