Author(s): Süleyman Karadağ and Ebru Çetin

Abstract:
The aim of this study is to investigate the exercise addictions of individuals who exercise in sports centres according to gender, purpose of exercise participation and age variables. Survey model, one of the quantitative research designs, was used in the study. The population of the study consisted of individuals exercising in private sports centres in Ankara. The sample consisted of 80 women and 117 men who had been exercising for at least 1 year, determined by random method, who voluntarily participated in the research. The personal information form put forward by the researcher and the Exercise Addiction Scale consisting of 21 items developed by Hausenblas and Downs (2002) [20] and adapted into Turkish by Yeltepe and İkizler (2007) [34] were used to collect the research data. SPSS 25.00 package programme was used for data analysis. The data obtained were analysed. In the statistical procedures, independent groups t-test was used for pairwise comparisons and one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) test was used for multiple comparisons. Post-Hoc (Scheffe) analysis was used to determine the cases where there were significant differences using one-way variance (ANOVA) analysis. According to the results of the statistical analyses of this study, no significant difference was found in any of the sub-items of the scale according to the gender variable. According to the purpose of exercise participation variable; while there was no significant difference in the factors of intention effect and continuity; it was determined that there was a significant difference in the factors of tolerance, effects of exercise cessation, loss of control, reduction of time and other activities according to the purpose of exercise participation. According to the age variable, there was no significant difference in the factors of intention effect, loss of control, reducing other activities and continuity according to age, while there was a significant difference in the factors of tolerance, effects of exercise cessation and time according to age.

DOI: 10.22271/kheljournal.2025.v12.i1e.3667

Pages: 318-323  |  76 Views  33 Downloads

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