The mediator role of hope in the relationship between psychological counselors' mental well-being and psychological resilience

The aim of this research was to investigate the mediating roles of hope and its sub-dimensions, trust/belief, lack of perspective, positive future orientation, and social relations/individual value in the relationship between psychological counselors' mental well-being and resilience levels. The participants of the research consists of 374 psychological counselors who work in the institutions under the Ministry of National Education in Gaziantep in the 2020-2021 academic year and are determined by the appropriate sampling method. . The research data were collected via "Mental Well-Being Scale", "Psychological Resilience Scale", "Integrative Hope Scale" and "Personal Information Form" (created by the researcher). For statistical analysis SPSS.25 program and PROCESS 4.0 extension were implemented and the regression model was used. The research results indicated that there was a positive relationship between mental well-being and psychological resilience, hope and there was a significant relationship between trust/belief, lack of perspective, positive future orientation, social relations/individual value.There was a positive correlation with psychological resilience and hope; while there was a significant relationship between trust/belief and positive future orientation; It was seen that there was no significant relationship between psychological resilience, lack of perspective and social relations/individual value. When looked at the mediation models in the relationship between mental well-being and resilience, it was seen that hope, trust/belief and positive future orientation had partial mediating effects in this relationship. It was observed that lack of perspective and social relations/individual value did not have a mediating effect between mental well-being and resilience. Keywords: mental well-being, resilience, hope