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Fitness Merkezlerine Giden Bireylerde Egzersiz Bağımlılığı ve Fiziksel Görünüş Mükemmeliyetçiliği Arasındaki İlişkinin Belirlenmesi: Tanımlayıcı Araştırma
Determining the Relationship Between Exercise Addiction and Physical Appearance Perfectionism in Individuals Going to Fitness Centers: Descriptive Research
Ramazan ERDOĞANa , Furkan TÜRKOĞLUb , Taner AKBULUTb
aBitlis Eren Üniversitesi Beden Eğitimi ve Spor Yüksekokulu, Antrenörlük Eğitimi Bölümü, Bitlis, Türkiye
bFırat Üniversitesi Spor Bilimleri Fakültesi, Antrenörlük Eğitimi Bölümü, Spor Sağlık Bilimleri AD, Elazığ, Türkiye
Turkiye Klinikleri J Sports Sci. 2024;16(2):209-19
doi: 10.5336/sportsci.2023-101025
Article Language: TR
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 Amaç: Bu araştırmada, sağlık/fitness merkezlerine giden bireylerin egzersiz bağımlılıkları ve fiziksel görünüş mükemmeliyetçilikleri arasındaki ilişkinin belirlenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Gereç ve Yöntemler: Araştırmanın evrenini sağlık/fitness merkezlerine giden bireyler oluştururken, örneklemini Elazığ ilinde sağlık/fitness merkezlerine giden 580 gönüllü katılımcı oluşturmuştur. Katılımcılara ait demografik bilgileri elde etmek için kişisel bilgi formu kullanılmış olup, egzersiz bağımlılıklarını belirlemek için Tekkurşun Demir ve ark., tarafından geliştirilen ''Egzersiz Bağımlılığı Ölçeği (EBÖ)'' ve fiziksel görünüş mükemmeliyetçiliğini belirlemek için ise Yang ve Stoeber tarafından geliştirilen Kolsallayan ve Kazak tarafından Türkçe uyarlaması yapılan ''Fiziksel Görünüş Mükemmeliyetçiliği Ölçeği (FGMÖ)'' kullanılmıştır. Bulgular: Analiz sonuçlarına göre; FGMÖ puanlarının kadınlarda daha yüksek olduğu (p<0,05), dış görünüşü önemseyen ve kilo alma kaygısı olanların daha yüksek EBÖ ve FGMÖ puanlarına sahip olduğu belirlenmiştir (p<0,05). Günlük beslenmesine dikkat edenlerin daha yüksek EBÖ puanına ulaştığı (p<0,05), daha uzun süre ve daha fazla gün sayısında egzersiz yapanlarında daha yüksek EBÖ ve FGMÖ puanlarına ulaştıkları tespit edilmiştir (p<0,05). Ayrıca EBÖ ve FGMÖ arasında istatistiksel olarak pozitif yönlü anlamlı bir ilişki olduğu görülmüştür (p˂0,05). Sonuç: Sağlık/fitness merkezlerine giden bireylerin egzersiz bağımlılığı açısından bağımlı grupta yer aldıkları, EBÖ ve FGMÖ puanlarının bazı değişkenlere bağlı olarak değişiklik gösterebileceği ve fiziksel görünüş mükemmeliyetçiliği artışı ile egzersiz bağımlılığı arasında anlamlı bir ilişki olduğu söylenebilir.

Anahtar Kelimeler: Egzersiz; bağımlılık; fiziksel görünüş; fitness
ABSTRACT
 Objective: This study aimed to determine the relationship between exercise addiction and physical appearance perfectionism of individuals attending health/fitness centers. Material and Methods: As the study's population comprises people who go to health/fitness facilities, the sample comprises 580 voluntary participants who go to health/fitness centers in Elazığ. To acquire demographic information about the participants, a personal information form was employed, as well as the ''Exercise Addiction Scale (EAS)'' established by Tekkurşun Demir et al., to determine exercise addiction and Yang and Stoeber to determine physical appearance perfectionism. The term ''Physical Appearance Perfectionism Scale (PAPS)'' originated by Kolsallayan and Kazak and translated into Turkish. Results: Based on the findings, PAPS scores were higher in women (p<0.05), and those who worried about beauty and were concerned about gaining weight had higher EAS and PAPS ratings (p<0.05). It was discovered that individuals who paid attention to their daily nutrition had better EAS scores (p<0.05), while those who exercised for a longer period of time and on more days had higher EAS and PAPS scores (p<0.05). Furthermore, a statistically significant positive connection between EAS and PAPS was discovered (p<0.05). Conclusion: Individuals who attend health/fitness centers are classified as addicted in terms of exercise addiction; EAS and PAPS scores may change based on specific circumstances; and there is a substantial association between increasing physical appearance perfectionism and exercise addiction.

Keywords: Exercise; addiction; physical appearance; fitness
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www.turkiyeklinikleri.com cannot reach to user’s identity, address, service providers or other information. The users may send this information to the website through forms if they would like to. However, www.turkiyeklinikleri.com may collect your hardware and software information. The information consists of your IP address, browser type, operating system, domain name, access time, and related websites. www.turkiyeklinikleri.com cannot sell the provided user information (your name, e-mail address, home and work address, phone number) to the third parties, publish it publicly, or keep it in the website. Gathered information has a directing feature to be a source for the website’s visitor profile, reporting and promotion of the services.

www.turkiyeklinikleri.com uses the taken information:

-To enhance, improve and maintain the quality of the website

-To generate visitor’s profile and statistical data

-To determine the tendency of the visitors on using our website

-To send print publications/correspondences

-To send press releases or notifications through e-mail

-To generate a list for an event or competition

By using www.turkiyeklinikleri.com you are considered to agree that;

-Ortadoğu Advertisement Presentation Publishing Tourism Education Architecture Industry and Trade Inc. cannot be hold responsible for any user’s illegal and immoral behavior,

-Terms of use may change from time to time,

-It is not responsible for other websites’ contents it cannot control or the harms they may cause although it uses the connection they provided.

Ortadoğu Advertisement Presentation Publishing Tourism Education Architecture Industry and Trade Inc. may block the website to users in the following events:

-Information with wrong, incomplete, deceiving or immoral expressions is recorded to the website,

-Proclamation, advertisement, announcement, libelous expressions are used against natural person or legal identity,

-During various attacks to the website,

-Disruption of the website because of a virus.

Written, visual and audible materials of the website, including the code and the software are under protection by legal legislation.

Without the written consent of Ortadoğu Advertisement Presentation Publishing Tourism Education Architecture Industry and Trade Inc. the information on the website cannot be downloaded, changed, reproduced, copied, republished, posted or distributed.

All rights of the software and the design of the website belong to Ortadoğu Advertisement Presentation Publishing Tourism Education Architecture Industry and Trade Inc.

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