Determining the Exercise Addiction Levels of University Students

Abstract

This study was conducted to determine the exercise addiction levels of university students in terms of some demographic variables. The study group consisted of 487 (230 female, 257 male) volunteer students studying at Bitlis Eren University and Fırat University. The “Personal Information Form” was used as the data collection tool in the study, and the “Exercise Addiction Scale” was used to determine the exercise addiction levels of the students. SPSS statistical package program was used in the analysis of the data. Significance was accepted as p<0.05. According to the findings obtained from the study; It was seen that there was a significant relationship between the students' gender, weekly exercise status and exercise addiction, and there was no significant difference between nutrition education, height, body weight, regular exercise and income status and exercise addiction. In addition, it was determined that the average exercise addiction score of the male students in the study group was higher than the female students, and that the students who did not receive nutrition education were higher than the students who received nutrition education. In addition, it was determined that the participants' average exercise addiction score increased as their body weight and weekly exercise frequency increased. As a result, it was seen that the students' exercise addiction was at a moderate level and they were in the dependent group. In line with this information, it is thought that providing information that will express the impact of exercise addiction on the lives of individuals is important for the creation of healthy societies.