A Model of Resiliency Coping Style and the Mediating Role of Teachers Based on Religious Beliefs

The present study aimed to provide a model for teachers’ resiliency based on the coping style with mediating role of religious beliefs. The population consisted of all teachers of Mazandaran province who were working in normal (regular) schools in the academic year of 1393-1394. Using cluster sampling 200 teachers were selected among the normal school teachers. In this study, the special education teachers’ resilience scale questionnaire (Sotomayor, 2012), the dealing with stressful situations questionnaire (Endler and Parker, 1990) and religiosity questionnaire version 15 (Huber and Huber, 2012) were used. The findings revealed that the problem oriented coping style positively and emotional coping style negatively affected teachers’ career resiliency. There was significant and positive correlation between religious belief (cognitive, ideological and public acts) and resiliency and all aspects of religious belief had a significant positive correlation. Furthermore, it is interesting to say that the religious beliefs could play a mediating role between coping style and resilience. Based on the findings received from the present study, it can be possible to teach coping style and create a stronger religious belief in teachers in order for affecting their resiliency and life; as a result, effectively affecting their students.