A Relation Between Basic Human Values and Life Satisfaction: The Case of Sivas Cumhuriyet University

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between life satisfaction and basic human values amonguniversity students. Based on Schwartz's Theory of Values, this study utilized the “Portrait Values Questionnaire” and“The Life Satisfaction Scale.” 342 students in Sivas Cumhuriyet University participated in the research that utilizedsurvey model. “Proportionate Stratified Sampling Technique” and “Random Sampling Technique” were used todetermine the sampling. SPSS was used to analyze the data obtained. In the analysis of the data, frequency andpercentage distributions were presented. In addition to this, Mann-Whitney U Test and The Pearson MomentsCorrelation Coefficient Test were used. According to the findings, the most widely adopted value by the students wasthe conservation value. This was followed by the self-transcendence value. The life satisfaction level of students wasfound to be high. There was a positive but weak relationship between life satisfaction and openness to chance,conservation and self-enhancement values. Those with a higher level of life satisfaction adopted the openness tochange, conservation and self-transcendence more.

Keywords

• Basic human values
• university
• youth
• Schwartz Value Theory
• life satisfaction

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  author = {{\"O}zt{\"u}rk, Meral and {\"U}nal, Vehbi},
  title = {{A Relation Between Basic Human Values and Life Satisfaction: The Case of Sivas Cumhuriyet University}},
  journal = {Hacettepe University Journal of the Faculty of Letters},
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  keywords = {Basic human values, university, youth, Schwartz Value Theory, life satisfaction},
  abstract = {The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between life satisfaction and basic human values amonguniversity students. Based on Schwartz's Theory of Values, this study utilized the ``Portrait Values Questionnaire'' and``The Life Satisfaction Scale.'' 342 students in Sivas Cumhuriyet University participated in the research that utilizedsurvey model. ``Proportionate Stratified Sampling Technique'' and ``Random Sampling Technique'' were used todetermine the sampling. SPSS was used to analyze the data obtained. In the analysis of the data, frequency andpercentage distributions were presented. In addition to this, Mann-Whitney U Test and The Pearson MomentsCorrelation Coefficient Test were used. According to the findings, the most widely adopted value by the students wasthe conservation value. This was followed by the self-transcendence value. The life satisfaction level of students wasfound to be high. There was a positive but weak relationship between life satisfaction and openness to chance,conservation and self-enhancement values. Those with a higher level of life satisfaction adopted the openness tochange, conservation and self-transcendence more.},
  affiliation = {Cumhuriyet {\"U}niversitesi and Cumhuriyet {\"U}niversitesi}
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