Abstract:

In today’s technological and advanced world, the increasing possibilities and options bring people to prosperity on the one hand, and on the other, disappointing by the devaluation and isolation of having everything. Happiness has been a feeling that people want to reach in every period of history. Happiness is an expression of the general satisfaction that a person receives from life. People who are born in the same period are called the same generation members. One of the most important of dozens of factors, such as demographic factors that affect a person’s happiness, characteristics and life perspective, is the socio-cultural, economic and political events in the generation in which a person lives. These events directly affect the experience and achievements of a person in life. In this context, our research aims to analyze whether there are differences in levels of happiness between generations living in the same and different periods. The study used a demographic form of information (gender and birth generation) and an survey form consisting of the Oxford happiness scale (specific well-being perception scale). The research has found that subjective goodness perception points show significant differences according to generations. The subjective well-being perception points of the Y and Z generations are significantly higher than the points of the Y and Z generations participants, the baby explosion and the X generations participants. The subjective well-being points of the Z-generation participants are significantly higher than the points of the Y-generation participants.

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