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The Relationship among Optimism, Hope and Coping Styles of Student Teachers Naing Naing Maw May Ye Yint Naing The primary purpose of this research is to investigate the relationship among optimism, hope and coping styles of student teachers. Quantitative approach was used in this research. A total of 600 student teachers from Yangon University of Education and Sagaing University of Education participated in this study. Life Orientation Test (LOT), Dispositional Hope Scale (DHS) and Cope Scale were used as the research instruments. As a result of research, student teachers in this study are optimistic and high hope. There was no significant difference in gender, university, age group and education level of optimism and hope. There was significant difference in pathway thinking in gender and age groups. Student teachers used positive reinterpretation and planning coping styles the most. Student teachers used substance use and behavioral disengagement coping styles the least. Moreover, there were significant gender differences in mental disengagement, venting of emotion, religious coping, humor, restraint and substance use subscales coping styles. There were significant university differences in positive reinterpretation, substance use and planning coping styles. There were significant age difference in venting of emotion and emotional social support coping styles. There were significant differences in behavioral disengagement and planning coping styles among five levels of education. Hope was positively predicted by optimism. Finally, hope was positively predicted by positive reinterpretation, active coping and religious coping styles. 2018 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12678/0000005239 https://meral.edu.mm/records/5239