The Mediating Role of Resilience in the Relationship between Coping Styles with Quality of Life and Domestic Violence Against Women in the Corona Virus Quarantine Period

Domestic violence against women is a serious and major concern for public health. The reports show that domestic violence has become an epidemic due to the spread of the Coronavirus and home quarantine. A systematic research review indicates a stable relationship between resilience and coping styles with life quality and domestic violence. So far, no study has investigated these variables' relationships in the form of a comprehensive model. This study aimed to determine the mediating role of resilience in the relationship between coping styles with quality of life and domestic violence against women in the Coronavirus quarantine period.

The correlational research design was structural equation modeling. The statistical population of the study included all married women in Karaj from the beginning of October to the end of November 2020. Accordingly, 241 people were evaluated online and through virtual networks using the Coping Styles Questionnaire developed by Billings &Mouse, the Quality of Life Questionnaire by WHO, the Resilience Scales by Connor & Davidson, and the Violence Towards Women Inventory by Haj-Yahia. Pearson correlation and structural equations were used to analyze the data.

The findings indicate that coping styles, resilience, and domestic violence against women have a significant positive correlation(P<0.01). In addition, coping styles and life quality have a negative correlation (P<0.05), and resilience and life quality have a significant positive correlation(P<0.01). Resilience also has a mediating role in the relationship between coping styles and life quality.

Coping and resilience styles are among the main factors affecting life quality and domestic violence against women; therefore, couples and family specialists should pay more attention to them in prevention and treatment programs.