The mediating role of difficulties of emotion regulation and coping methods in the relationship between the experience of domestic partner violence and traumatic stress symptoms in women

In this study, the mediating role of difficulty in emotion regulation skills and the use of coping methods in the relationship between the experience of domestic partner violence and traumatic stress symptoms in married, widowed, divorced, separated, and cohabiting women was investigated. In Turkey 284 of women over the age of 18 who had experienced psychological, physical, economic and sexual domestic intimate partner violence participated in the study online. When viewed, 82 of the participants had major depression, anxiety, borderline, post-traumatic stress disorder, etc. and 22 participants were not included in the study because they reported having psychological problems and reported experiencing the February 6 earthquake. For all that, 183 of the participants were found to meet the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Participants were evaluated using the Semi-Structured Interview Form for Women Victims of Violence, Coping Strategies Short Form, Traumatic Stress Symptom Scale, Emotion Regulation Difficulty Scale-Short Form. Mediation analysis was applied through Process Macro V4.2 to test the mediating role of emotion regulation dysregulation, emotion-focused coping, dysfunctional coping in the relationship between domestic intimate partner violence and traumatic stress symptoms. As a result of the analysis, it was seen that difficulty in emotion regulation had a partial mediating effect. Emotion-focused coping was not found to have a significant mediating role. A partial mediating role of dysfunctional coping was found.