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AI InsightAssociations wereinvestigated by point bi-serial correlation technique and it was found that those participantswith Type A personality had higher levels of depression, stress, anxiety, and self-defeatinghumor style.
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Abstract
In addition to the undergraduate programs provided by faculties of education, in Turkey,Pedagogical Formation Education Certificate Programs are also provided by these faculties.Graduates of such programs are positioned as teachers in Turkey, the same as the graduates offaculties of education. Individual differences of teachers are of great importance in terms ofcloseness and determination toward students. In addition to personality, psychological featuresare also closely related to their professional competence and success, quality of education ingeneral, and –maybe more importantly- the safety of the students. In this study, it was aimedto provide insight about the individual differences of students who attend pedagogicalformation training by investigating the psychological status of those students through theanalysis of the relationship between depression, anxiety, stress, coping by humor levels, humortypes and their type of personality. It was observed that 40.2% of participants were in milddepression while 25.9% of them were in moderate to severe levels. Associations wereinvestigated by point bi-serial correlation technique and it was found that those participantswith Type A personality had higher levels of depression, stress, anxiety, and self-defeatinghumor style.