Examining Quality of Life Casual Model Based on Personality Traits Via Mediating Role of Resilience in Home Keeper Women Culture During the Corona Era

Subject Areas : Psychology

Parvaneh Alaei ¹ (- Assistant Professor, Department of Family Studies, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz, Iran)
Ezzatollah Ahmadi ² (Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz, Iran)
Nasibeh Shirdel ³ (M.A. of Women Studies, Department of Family Studies, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz, Iran)

Received: 2024-03-08 Accepted : 2024-04-10 Published : 2024-04-27

Keywords: Quality of life, Personality traits, Resilience, Housewives, Corona,

Abstract :

The present study was conducted with the aim of examining quality of life casual model based on personality traits via mediating role of resilience in home keeper women culture during the corona era in Tabriz city. The statistical population included all housewives living in Tabriz city. The sample embraced 175 participants whom were selected by convenient sampling procedure. The research method was descriptive of correlational one. To collect data, the World Health Organization Quality of Life Questionnaire (1996), the Short Form of the Five-Factor Personality Questionnaire (NEO) of Costa and McCrae (1970) and Connor and Davidson's Resilience Scale (2003) were implemented. The subjects responded to the questionnaires online. The data were analyzed by applying path analysis utilizing AMOS and SPSS software. The results revealed that the personality factors of neuroticism and extroversion had a direct effect and an indirect effect on quality of life through resilience. Also, the indirect effects of conscientiousness and agreeableness were significant. In total, personality traits with the mediating role of resilience explained 42% of the variance in the quality of life of housewives during the Corona pandemic. The results also indicated a proper goodness of fit of the examined model. Finally concerning the findings and considering the life culture of Tabriz housewives; promoting resilience and strengthening positive personality traits were effective on improving the quality of life of the studied group.

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