ABSTRACT

This study have been prepared in order to determine whether nostalgia proneness of participants in Thrace Region Province Centrums differs in terms of some demographic variables (age, sex, marital status, educational level and personal income). For this purpose, the concept of nostalgia proneness has been examined and a survey has been conducted for the participants in Tekirdag, Edirne and Kırklareli Provinces Centrums of Thrace region. Working group of the study included 1392 participants who aged 20 and over in the Thrace Provinces Centrums. Participants filled in questionnaire containing the personal information form and Southampton Nostalgia Proneness Scale. The findings about the demographic characteristics of the participants, factor analysis, KruskalWallis and Mann-Whitney U tests has been used to analyze the data. As a result of these tests, it has been found out that nostalgia proneness of participants varies with age, marital status, the level of education and income; in contrast, not vary with gender. As a result, it expressed the limitations of the research and gived suggestions for future studies.