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Purpose:This study examined the influence of violence experiences, responses to violence, and violence coping strategies on professional quality of life among 119 paramedics in Korea. Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive design was employed. Data were collected using self-administered questionnaires between October 11 and November 30, 2024. Statistical analyses were conducted using SPSS/WIN 29.0, including independent t-tests, one-way analysis of variance, Pearson’s correlation analyses, and multiple regression. Results: Multiple regression analyses revealed different predictors across subdomains of professional quality of life. Problem-focused coping was a significant positive predictor of compassion satisfaction (β=.27, p<.001), explaining 16.4% of the variance. Burnout was positively associated with emotional response (β=.28, p=.004) and physical response (β=.31, p=.004), while problem-focused coping showed a negative association (β=-.24, p<.001), with an explanatory power of 37.3%. For secondary traumatic stress, emotional response (β=.19, p=.030) and physical response (β=.46, p<.001) were significant predictors, accounting for 51.2% of the variance. Conclusion: Violence-related responses and coping strategies exert differential effects on paramedics’ professional quality of life. Strengthening problem- focused coping and addressing emotional and physical responses to violence may help improve professional quality of life in prehospital emergency care settings.