ANALYZING OF THE EXCERCISE ADDICTION IN INDIVUALS ENGAGED WITH INDIDIVDUAL AND TEAM SPORTS

ANALYZING OF THE EXCERCISE ADDICTION IN INDIVUALS ENGAGED WITH INDIDIVDUAL AND TEAM SPORTS

Objective of this study is to analyze the exercise addiction in individuals in chosen provinces of Turkey engaged with individual and team sports, definition of the addiction levels of athletes engaged with individual and team sports. 904 students engaged with individual and team sports participated voluntarily the research. The questionnaire form, in which the demographic characteristics of the participants were questioned, and an Exercise Addiction Scale EAS-21 and Personal Data Form have been applied. For the statistical analysis of the date IBM SPSS Statistical Package for Social Sciences 22.0 package has been used. For the data distribution and definition of the rates of anwers given to the questions the Frequency analysis, and for the definition of the differences between the varialbles the Anova Schefee and Independent T-test has been applied. Results are presented as X for average and SS for standard deviation and P

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