Investigation of Exercise Addiction Levels of University Students Attending Fitness Centers for Recreational Purposes

The aim of this study is to evaluate the exercise addiction levels of university students according to various variables. The Exercise Addiction Scale (EBÖ-21) and Personal Information Form, developed by Housenblas and Downs, (2002) and the Turkish validity and reliability study of which was conducted by Yeltepe and İkizler (2007), were applied to the sample group. The sample of the study consisted of 140 students, who participated on a voluntary basis, from the faculty of sports sciences, who have membership in sports centers in Konya and regularly exercise, The data from the universe were obtained by convenience sampling method. Within the scope of the research, descriptive statistics were used to summarize the demographic characteristics and personal information of the sample group. Since the data met the assumption of normality, the sample t-test was used independent of the parametric tests. The results were questioned according to the variables of exercise addiction, gender, age, and regular exercise. Accordingly, while there was no statistical significance in the sub-dimensions of exercise dependence according to the age variable; Statistically significant results were obtained according to gender and whether or not to do regular sports