YOUTH AND FAMILY LIFE SATISFACTION

SOC615

Course Code: SOC615
Semester: -
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 10

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Doctorate Of Science

Year of Study

Semester

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Associate Professor Çiğdem Sema Sırma

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

The youth, family and family life satisfaction definitions,
Sociological perspective towards family life satisfaction
The family, youth and family life satisfactions theories
Sociological researches about youth, family and family life satisfaction

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Course Description

The groups in which the young person resides, have a sociologically important effect on his/her change caused by physical and psychological developments. Therefore, a young person`s family life satisfaction should be primarily examined. In this class, the dynamic structure of the family institution will be explained and the change of family life satisfaction according to the social change process will be discussed through its theoretical and conceptual framework. In this context; objective and subjective studies about family life satisfaction will be discussed, while how family life satisfaction, which historically has been researched by several different disciplines, has become a research topic for sociology 45 is explained. The behavioral changes expected from the young person according to the changes in role, status, family and peer relationships in youth period will be examined through the examples in family life satisfaction context such as addiction, eating disorders, weight loosing behaviors, the tendency for crime, etc. At the end of the class; students may expect to gain sociological perspective towards family life satisfaction and youth topics, to have knowledge about the related theoretical studies, to obtain proper skills which will enable them to perform sociological researches about youth, family and family life satisfaction.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Definitions of family and social changes
2^nd Week	Definitions of life satisfaction and family life satisfaction
3^rd Week	Theories of family life satisfaction
4^th Week	Theories of family life satisfaction (continue)
5^th Week	Sociological perspective towards family life satisfaction
6^th Week	Objective and subjective studies about family life satisfaction
7^th Week	Mid Term
8^th Week	Definitions of youth and theories
9^th Week	Youth, family life satisfaction and body
10^th Week	Youth, family life satisfaction and crime
11^th Week	Youth, family life satisfaction and drug abuse
12^th Week	Student presentations
13^th Week	Student presantations
14^th Week	Stıudent presentations
15^th Week

Recommended or Required Reading

Antognoli, T. ve Paula, L. (2000). Parent-Child Relationship, Family Structure, And Loneliness Among Adolescents. Ph.D?s Thesis, Texas Woman's University Denton, Texas, USA.
Antognoli, T. ve Paula, L. (2000). Parent-Child Relationship, Family Structure, And Loneliness Among Adolescents. Ph.D?s Thesis, Texas Woman?s University Denton, Texas, USA.
Arun, Ö. ve Çakıroğlu Çevik, A. (2011). Quality of Life in Aging Societies: Italy, Portugal and Turkey-Cross-country Comparisons of Conditions of Elderly. Educational Gerontology, 37(11), 945-966.
Atwater, E. (1996). Adolescence. Prentice Hall, USA.
Aydıner Boylu, A. ve Terzioğlu, G. R. (2008). Ailelerin Yaşam Kalitelerini Etkileyen Bazı Subjektif Göstergelerin İncelenmesi. H.Ü. İktisadi Ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi, 26, 2, 1-27
Bhopti, A., Brown, T. ve Lentin, P. (2016). Family Quality of Life: A Key Outcome in Early Childhood İntervention Services - A Scoping Review, Journal of Early Intervention, 38(4) 191?211.
Bowen, L. G. (1988). Family Life Satisfaction: A Value-Based Approach. Family Relations, 37, 458-462.
Burcu, E., Gençlik Teorilerinin Sınıflandırılmasına İlişkin Bir Çalışma, Sosyoloji Araştırmaları Dergisi, cilt:1, sayı:1-2, ss:105-136, 1998.
Ferriss, A. L. (2004). The Quality Of Life Concept In Sociology, The American Sociologist, 35 (3), 37-51
İçağasıoğlu Çoban, A. (2007). Ailelerin Yaşam Kalitelerinin Belirlenmesi: Ankara Örneği. Doktora Tezi, Hacettepe Üniversitesi, Ankara.
Sapancalı F. (2009). Toplumsal Açıdan Yaşam Kalitesi, Altın Nokta Basım Yayın, İzmir.
Sırma, Ç. S. (2018), Gençlerde Zayıflama Davranışının Aile Yaşam Memnuniyeti Açısından İncelenmesi, Hacettepe Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Sosyoloji Anabilim Dalı, Yayınlanmamış Doktora Tezi,
Sırma, Ç. S. (2018), Zayıflığın Sosyo-Kültürel İnşası Bağlamında Gençlerde Zayıf Bedene Sahip Olmanın Anlamı, Gençlik Araştırmaları Dergisi, 6 (14), ss:149-161

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Discussion
Questions/Answers
Presentation

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Mid-term	1	40
Total(%)		40
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		40
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		60
Total(%)		100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam	1	2	2
Preparation for Quiz	0	0	0
Individual or group work	14	15	210
Preparation for Final exam	1	26	26
Course hours	14	3	42
Preparation for Midterm exam	1	10	10
Laboratory (including preparation)	0	0	0
Final exam	1	2	2
Homework	1	16	16
Total Work Load			308
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			10.26
ECTS Credit of the Course			10

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

	LO1	LO2	LO3	LO4
K1	X	X	X
K2
K3		X
K4				X
K5	X			X
K6		X
K7		X	X
K8			X
K9				X
K10		X	X