Examining a model related to mobbing incurred by teachers

n this study, it was aimed to determine the effect of mobbing displayed towards teachers on their levels of stress, burnout, job satisfaction and life satisfaction. The target population of this study consists of primary school teachers working in Elazig downtown in 2008-2009 fall semester. The questionnaires were administered to a sample of 300 teachers that were selected randomly from this population and 237 of the questionnaires were validated and taken into analysis. Using LISREL 8.51 version, a structural equation model was developed. According to this model; mobbing positively influences on stress and burnout and negatively influences on job and life satisfaction. Mobbing influences; on burnout through the partial mediation effect of stress, on job satisfaction through the partial mediation effect of stress and burnout, and finally on life satisfaction through the partial mediation effect of stress, burnout and job satisfaction.