This study examined the effects of psychological attributes influencing the happiness of
early childhood pre-service teachers. The psychological attributes included positive
states(self-efficacy, satisfaction), negative states(depression), and goals for the
future(professional goal as a teacher). The objects were 269 early childhood pre-service
teachers who were studying in college and university to become early childhood teachers.
The results were as follows: First, there were not clear differences in terms of goal
content(self, others), whereas there were clear differences in terms of school satisfaction
and major interest of childhood pre-service teachers. Second, self-efficacy was positively
correlated with happiness and depression was negatively correlated with the happiness of
early childhood pre-service teachers. Third, self-efficacy and depression were predicting
variables for the happiness of early childhood pre-service teachers. More specifically,
depression was the most influential variable when it comes to determining the level of
happiness. Thus, implications for improving the happiness of early childhood pre-service
teachers were presented.