Examining the Relationship Between Life Satisfaction and Romantic Relationship Satisfaction: A Generation Z Study Cover Image

Yaşam Doyumu ile Romantik İlişki Doyumu Arasındaki İlişkinin İncelenmesi: Bir Z Kuşağı Çalışması
Examining the Relationship Between Life Satisfaction and Romantic Relationship Satisfaction: A Generation Z Study

Author(s): İrfan Kaplan, Üyesi Ahmet Erdem
Subject(s): Sociology, Higher Education , Sociology of Education
Published by: SD Yayınevi
Keywords: Generation Z; University students; life satisfaction; romantic relationship satisfaction; demographic variable;

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this study is examine the relationship between life satisfaction and romantic relationship satisfaction of university students in the z generation. In addition, the study whether the life satisfaction of generation z university students and their romantic relationship satisfaction differed according to some demographic variables, and the level of predicting the life satisfaction of generation z romantic relationship satisfaction levels was also examined. In this study, relational screening model was used. The study group of the research consisted of 171 volunteer university students, 117 male and 54 female, who were accepted as the z generation and were studying at the university in the 2021-2022 academic year. The research data were collected with the ”Relationship Satisfaction Scale“ and ”Life Satisfaction Scale". The data regarding the scales applied to the participants participating in the research were analyzed with the SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) 26 package. As a result of the analysis, while the romantic relationship satisfaction level of the Z generation university students did not differ according to gender; It was concluded that life satisfaction levels differed according to gender. Accordingly, the life satisfaction of female students in generation z is higher than that of male students. In addition, while the life satisfaction levels of the z generation university students do not differ according to whether they are in a romantic relationship or not; It was concluded that the level of romantic relationship satisfaction differed. Accordingly, the level of relationship satisfaction of the generation z university students who are in a romantic relationship is higher than the students who are not in a romantic relationship. In addition, it was concluded in the study that there was no significant relationship between the life satisfaction of the z generation and their relationship satisfaction, and that the romantic relationship satisfaction levels of the z generation did not predict their life satisfaction.

  • Issue Year: 8/2022
  • Issue No: 15
  • Page Range: 77-96
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Turkish