Investigation of the relationship between individuals' psychological resilience levels and mobbing experiences

In this study, individuals working in the service sector; it was aimed to examine the relationship between psychological resilience levels and mobbing experiences. For this purpose, data was collected from 152 adult individuals between the ages of 18-66 on the online platform. In the research, Sociodemographic Information Form, Psychological Resilience Scale (Basım and Çetin, 2011), Mobbing Scale (Çögenli and Asunakutlu, 2014) were used. The data obtained was analyzed with the IBM SPSS program. The research data's ability to meet the normal distribution assumption was examined. In this analysis, skewness and kurtosis values for the research data were taken as reference. Independent Sample t Test was used to compare groups in pairs, and ANOVA (One-Way Analysis of Variance), one of the parametric analysis methods or Kruskal Wallis test, one of the non-parametric analysis methods, was used to compare the groups if they were more than two and did not show homogeneity. Additionally, Pearson Correlation Analysis was conducted to reveal the relationship between resilience and mobbing experience, and Regression Analysis was conducted to measure the effect of the independent variable of resilience on the dependent variable of mobbing experience.In the results of working; A negative, weakly significant relationship was found between mobbing and psychological resilience. However, psychological resilience was found to negatively and significantly predict mobbing. No significant difference was found in general according to gender, marital status, education level and income level. It was determined that there was a significant difference in mobbing and psychological resilience levels or sub-dimensions according to age and working years variables. The findings were discussed with relevant domestic and international studies. It can be said that it is a guide for future research on psychological resilience and mobbing.