AbstractfThe purpose of this study was to examine the relationship among the Self-esteem , Gratitude disposition and Happiness in Preservice Early Childhood Teachers. The subjects in this study were 192 Pre-service Early Childhood Teachers in Busan in South Korea. The findings of the study were as follows: First, the early childhood teachers considered the level of their own Happiness, Self-esteem and Gratitude disposition to be above average. Second, there was a significant positive correlation among their total scores of Happiness, Self-esteem and Gratitude disposition. And there was a significant positive correlation among the subfactors of Happiness, Self-esteem and Gratitude disposition. Third, the independent variable that made the largest prediction of Happiness was Self-esteem , followed by Gratitude disposition.
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