Motivation of the men exercising in body building and fitness centers to sport (Example of Diyarbakir province)

The aim of this study is; to study of male individuals who are members of Diyarbakır City Body Building and Fitness Centers, their purpose of doing sports, the factors affecting their exercise and their motivation for sports. The population of the study consists of 9014 male individuals who are members of a total of 19 Bodybuilding and Fitness Centers operating in Diyarbakır, while the sample consists of 738 male individuals who are selected by random method who actively exercise in these Bodybuilding and Fitness Centers between 2020-2021. Quantitative research method was used in the study, and data collection was carried out with a questionnaire. The 5 statements in the first section were created by the researcher himself. In the second part, the Sport Motivation Scale, which consists of 28 items, was used. The analysis of the data was made in the licensed IBM SPSS 25.0 program. In the analyzes, the factor and reliability analysis of the motivation scale in sports and frequency analysis of the demographic data of the participants were made. Descriptive statistics of the Sports Motivation Scale were determined. Differentiation status of the motivation scale in sports was examined according to the demographic data of the participants. Descriptive statistics in the analyzes were specified as frequency (n), percentage (%), mean, standard deviation, minimum and maximum. One Way Anova and Tukey Post-Hoc tests were used for the analysis of independent variables in terms of scale scores. Statistical significance value in the analyzes was accepted as p < ,05. When the results obtained in the study are evaluated, the level of motivation for sports of male individuals who do sports; knowing and achieving, experiencing stimuli, external regulation, identification, introjection and non-motivation, most of the participants do bodybuilding and fitness branches, their education level is high, and they are generally in the young adult category. It was concluded that there was no significant relationship between the participants' duration of sports, reasons for exercising, education levels, age, sports branches and various motivation levels.