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Education Quarterly Reviews, vol.5, no.2, pp.676-685, 2022 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
Purpose of the study is to examine the predictive role of ostracism on life satisfaction of Turkish adolescents.
Secondly, it is aimed to examine the mediator role of self-efficacy on this relationship. Participants of the study
are 659 adolescents between the ages of 15-18 (x̄= 16.45; SD = 1.08). Mediation model was established to explain
relationships between ostracism, self-efficacy, and life satisfaction. A mediation model was designed for ignorance
and the other one is designed for exclusion as independent variables. First hypothesis is, ostracism negatively
predicts life satisfaction. Additionally, another hypothesis of the study is self-efficacy will act as a mediator in the
relationship between ostracism and life satisfaction. Data collection was realized via self-report scales to measure
ostracism experience, self-efficacy levels, and life satisfaction levels of Turkish adolescents. Results exhibit
correlation between life satisfaction and self-efficacy. And also, life satisfaction and self-efficacy exhibit negative
correlation with ignorance and exclusion. Self-efficacy significantly predicted life satisfaction. Self-efficacy
partially mediated the relationship between ignorance-exclusion and life satisfaction.