Spirituality and Coping Strategies in Family: A Test of the Mediating Role of Quality of Family Communication

The purpose of this research was to study the role of spirituality in coping strategies and the mediating role of family communication in the relationship between the spiritually and copying strategies among the families. In order to examine the mediating role، 375 parents of the students in Kermanshah participated in the study. They were selected through multi cluster sampling method. Measurement tools of the study included Family Communication Scale (FCS)، Sanctification of Marriage Scale، Sanctification of Parenting Scale، and Family Crisis Oriented Personal Evaluation Scales (F-COPES). To analyze the data، one way analysis of variance، correlation analysis and simultaneous regression analysis were used. Results showed that the families with high spirituality used the coping strategies including cognitive reframing، spiritual social support، and mobilizing the Family to acquire help more and the Passive Appraisal less than the families with low spirituality. Furthermore، through the mediating role of family communication، spirituality was directly or indirectly in relationship with the copying strategies. Finally، it can be conclude that through having appropriate communication and also through other effective factors the families with high spirituality can effectively cope with the internal and external family tensions.