The examination of the mediating effect of dispositional hope and life satisfaction in the relationship between teachers' solution-focused thinking and happiness

In this study, it was aimed to test a model to determine the mediating effect of dispositional hope and life satisfaction in the relationship between solution-focused thinking and happiness in teachers. The sample of the research is composed of 786 teacher 479 of whom are women and 307 of whom are men working at the preschools, primary schools, middle schools, high schools and Guidance Research Center's under the authority of provincial Directorate of National Education in Muş and its districts in 2020 - 2021 school year. The data are accumulated via The Solution-focused Inventory, Dispositional Hope Scale, Satisfaction With Life Scale and he Oxford Happiness Questionnaire Short-Form. In the research conducted through the correlational survey model, SPSS Statistics 25 ve AMOS 24 statistics programs were utilized for the analysis of the data. The recommended model within the research was tested with structural equation modeling and it was confirmed via acceptable model fit indices. According to the difference statistics within the research, solution focused thinking and its subdimensions, dispositional hope, life satisfaction and happiness levels with the teachers differentiates in relationship with having the intended social relations. Problem disengagement, resource activation which are subdimensions of solution focused thinking and life satisfaction levels of teachers differentiates significantly according to their gender. In the model, in regard of the relationship between solution focused thinking and happiness, role of partial mediation of dispositional hope and life satisfaction with the men and whole mediation with the women was detected. In these terms it has been determined with the research that the level of solution focused thinking of teachers is a determiner on the levels of hope and life satisfaction and these two are significant determiners on happiness. It has been found out that the indirect effect between solution focused thinking and happiness, which has been detected within the model is significant. As a result of the findings, various recommendations that have been discussed within literature are offered to the researchers and the practitioners.