Association between the level of exercise addiction and the level of symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and perfectionism in an adult population sample

The research is a study to explain the relationship between exercise addiction and ADHD and perfectionism personality level. The study included 369 participants through an online survey. The duration of exercise, exercise branches, exercise intensity were evaluated according to the relationship between adult ADHD and childhood ADHD and perfectionism personality traits. According to the results of the study, there is a positive relationship between exercise addiction and ADHD and perfectionism. Exercise addiction was mostly associated with ADHD. Exercise addiction was influenced by the intensity of exercise, exercise branch, gender status, and occupation related to sports. Different results were obtained due to the complex and multidimensional structure of ADHD and perfectionism. There is a positive, moderate and low level significant correlation between exercise addiction and ADHD and perfectionism sub-dimensions. It will be important for future studies to investigate branches and professions in more detail and to conduct research with larger sample groups to predict exercise addiction. In addition, when examining the relationship between ADHD and exercise addiction, it would be important to ask whether the participants were diagnosed or not, and if so, whether they were taking medication or not.