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The aim of this study is to study the contribution of teachers’ empathic tendencies and subjective well-being points to the inter-cultural sensitivity points, and to study whether inter-cultural sensitivity points differ in terms of gender, program they study, foreign experience, recognized level of foreign language, acquaintances from different countries or cultures, and having close friends. The study group consists of a total of 355 teachers candidates, including 253 (71.3%) women and 102 (28.7%) men, from the various programs of a state university in the Mediterranean region. In the analysis of data collected using the "Intercultural Sensitivity Scale", "Empatic Trend Scale", "Life Doyum Scale", "Otually-negative Emotional Scale", "Personal Information Form", correlation analysis, multiple regression analysis, t-test for independent groups, one-way variance analysis were used. According to the results of the study’s data analysis, teachers’ candidates identified positive meaningful relationships between intercultural sensitivity, empathic tendency and subjective well-being. Furthermore, it has been found that empathic tendency and subjective well-being, inter-cultural sensitivity, are a meaningful promoter. In terms of socio-demographic variables, there is no significant differentiation in inter-cultural sensitivity in teachers candidates, while there is no significant differentiation in terms of the program they study, the foreign experience, the level of foreign language perceived, the variables of familiarity from different countries or cultures and the possession of close friends.

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