Abstract
The aim of the study is to explore the relation between values and happiness of the university students in the Context of Postmodernity. The research is a descriptive study in the screening model. The study was carried out with 376 students from the faculties of Physical Education and Sports, Education, Science and Letters, Business, Theology, Engineering, Forestry and Agriculture at Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University during the spring semester of 2016-2017 academic year. They were selected by convenience sampling method. 'Personal Information Form' and 'Values Scale', the original of which was created by Calp developed by the researcher and the 'Oxford Happiness Scale' developed by Dogan and Sapmaz were used as data collection tools. The research data were analyzed the descriptive and correlational statistics technique in terms of SPSS. The university students' values were found to be very high while their happiness levels were above the average; a positive and medium level relationship was identified between participants' values and happiness levels. Female students were found to have higher levels of values and happiness than male students. Students studying in the faculty of theology were determined to have the highest level of value and happiness.
Highlights
Modernity is regarded as the expression of a new order grounded on rationality and secularity, which can clearly articulate the relation between human actions and world order
The research sample holds a total of 412 third and fourth grade university students who study at the faculties of physical education and sports, education, science and letters, theology, business administration, engineering, forestry and agriculture at Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University during the spring semester of 2016 and 2017 academic year
Considering faculties, 10.4% of them are physical education and sports, 22.1% are education, 15.4% are science and letters, 10.1% are theology, 11.2% are business administration, 6.6% are engineering, 7.4% are forestry and 16.8% are agriculture faculty students. 59.8% of the participants are in the 3rd class and 40.2% are in the 4th class level
Summary
Modernity is regarded as the expression of a new order grounded on rationality and secularity, which can clearly articulate the relation between human actions and world order. Progressive, rational and universal qualification is dominated by a proposition that is being independent of the past and the traditional in line with finding the present much more progressive than the past. This characteristic of modernity is discussed by the innovative-traditionalist or progressive-regressive duality, still the most criticized part of it is to be rational and universal. Modernity refers to the great and profound changes that Europe has experienced since the 17th century in the sense of the economic, social, cultural and political contexts. The transition to modernity has emerged with four fundamental revolutions: the scientific revolution initiated by Newton, the political revolution based on the legitimacy of power, the cultural revolution and the industrial revolution, which emphasize the supremacy of reason
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