Investigation of exercise addiction and coronavirus-related anxiety of individuals exercising in sport-fitness centers of Turkey

The aim of this study is to investigate exercise addiction and Coronavirus-related anxiety of individuals exercising in sport-fitness centers of Turkey in terms of various variables. Exercise addiction states; In terms of gender, age, education level, year of exercise, body weight variables, Coronavirus anxiety states; In terms of gender and marital status. In addition, the relationship between exercise addiction and Coronavirus anxiety states was investigated. The research was carried out with the participation of 390 volunteers aged 18 and over, who have been exercising in a sports facility throughout Turkey for at least 6 months. In the study, the Exercise Addiction Scale developed by Demir was used to detect exercise addiction states, and the Coronavirus Anxiety Scale developed by Biçer was used to detect coronavirus anxiety states. All statistical analyzes were performed using the SPSS 26 package program. The statistical significance level was accepted as p<0.05 in all calculations. As a result of the research, a significant difference was found in terms of exercise addiction states according to age, educational status, and body weight variables; no significant difference was found according to gender and exercise year variables. As a result of the research, a significant difference was found according to the gender variable in terms of coronavirus anxiety states, but no significant difference was found according to the marital status variable. When the relationship between exercise addiction and coronavirus anxiety states was investigated, a significant difference was found. A low level of positive correlation was found between exercise addiction and coronavirus anxiety states. Considering the degree of relationship that emerged as a result of this research, it was concluded that coronavirus anxiety and exercise addiction affect each other at a very low level.