Comparison of stress coping skills, quality of life and resilience in 15-25 year old suicide attempters and normal people in Qom city

Background and Objective: This study was conducted with the aim of comparing stress coping skills, quality of life and resilience in 15-25-year-old suicide attempters and normal people in Qom city. The research design was causal-comparative.
Method: The statistical population of the current research was 2640 people aged 15-25 who attempted suicide in the year 1400 living in Qom city and referred to clinics, counseling centers and hospitals, of which 30 people were available through sampling. were chosen. Then, 60 normal people were selected according to age, education, and marital status in an accessible manner. Endler and Parker (1990) coping with stress questionnaire, quality of life questionnaire (1986), May and Klonsky suicide attempt questionnaire (2013) and Connor and Davidson psychological resilience questionnaire (2003) were used to collect data. In order to analyze the data, multivariate analysis of variance was used by SPSS25 statistical software.
Findings: Multiway analysis of variance showed that the mean of problem-oriented coping styles, quality of life and resilience among suicide attempters was significantly lower at the 0.05 level than those without suicide attempt. But the emotion-oriented strategies of people with suicide attempts were significantly higher than normal people at the level of 0.05.
Conclusion: Considering the patterns, it is concluded that there is a difference between people with suicide attempts and those without suicide attempts in terms of these three variables.