Impact of Self-esteem and Gratitude Disposition on Happiness in Pre-service Early Childhood Teachers

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship among the Self-esteem, Gratitude disposition and Happiness in Pre-service 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.