Personality Characteristics of Teacher Candidate Students

Abstract

The aim of this study is to describe the personality characteristics of teacher candidates who
are currently enrolled in the pedagogical formation program. Being in survey (single screening) model and
descriptive quality, the study was carried out with 134 pre-service teachers. Data of the study were
collected using Hacettepe Personality Inventory (HKE) which was prepared and developed by Özgüven
(1992). Some results obtained from the study are as follows: It was discovered that two-thirds of the
sample group were maladaptive in at least one sub-scale, one-fifths of sample group were maladaptive in
four or more sub-scales. Having adaptation problems in four and more sub-scales shows that these people
have psycho-socialization disorder.