Mediating role of ontological well-being and emotional intelligence in language use and depression relationship

This study was carried out with the consciousness that to determine unspoken life and feelings how effect on mental health, depending on that interfrence,to analyze and to minimize the negative effects.In this study, the effects of using /performance language are on depression are analyised through ontological well being and emotional intelligence instruments variables.The study consists of 512 teenage individuals, aged 14-19 years, 218 of were female and 294 were male.As measurement tool in the survey; Demographic Information Form, BAFL, Ontological Well-Being Scale, Beck Depression Scale, Emotional Intelligence Scale with Short Form were applied. The data were organized in SPSS 21.0 and tested in respect to the measurement model and structural model using Lisrel 8.51 programme.The hypothesis was tried to be confirmed with the obtained results. According to the obtained results of the study, it was seen at the background that the relationship between using/performance language and depression was effected by ontological well-being and mediation of emotional intelligence. All the results were discussed and studies for research and implementation that will be done for the future were recommended. Keywords: language use, depression, ontological well-being, emotional intelligence, life saticfaction.