Examination of the relationship between exercise addiction and quality levels of badminton athletes

Performing physical activities in a planned and programmed form appears as exercise. The main goal of the exercise phenomenon is to move away from a sedentary lifestyle and to have ideal health parameters by preventing possible ailments. In this context, the aim of the thesis study is to evaluate the relationship between exercise addiction and quality of life of badminton athletes and to examine these data in terms of demographic variables. The research group consists of 384 participants. "Exercise Addiction Scale" and "WHOQOL-BREF" were used for data collection. Percentage and frequency distributions, Levene Test, Pearson Correlation Analysis, One-Way ANOVA and t-Test were used in the analysis of the data. According to the results of the research, significant differences were found in all sub-dimensions of the exercise addiction scale related to gender, preferred game type, and perceived income level (p<0.05). It was determined that there was a statistically significant difference between the groups in the "Postponement of Individual-Social Needs and Conflict" sub-dimension of the exercise addiction scale related to the educational status variable (p<0.05). When the mean scores of exercise addiction depending on the marital status variable were examined, it was found that there was a significant difference in the sub-dimensions of "Excessive Focus and Change in Emotion" and "Postponement of Individual-Social Needs and Conflict" (p<0.05). When the mean scores of exercise addiction depending on the nationality status variable were examined, it was found that there was a significant difference in the sub-dimensions of "Excessive Focus and Change in Emotion" and "Exercise Addiction Total" (p<0.05). Significant differences were found in the sub-dimensions of "Excessive Focus and Change of Emotions", "Postponement of Individual-Social Needs and Conflict" and "Exercise Addiction Total" related to the type of residence variable of exercise addiction levels (p<0.05). A significant difference was found in the sub-dimensions of "Physical Health", "Social Relationships" and "Environment" related to the gender variable of quality of life levels (p<0.05). A significant difference was found only in the "Social Relationships" sub-dimension of the scale related to the education level variable of life quality levels (p<0.05). It was found that there was a significant difference in the sub-dimensions of "Psychological Health" and "Social Relationships" related to the marital status variable of quality of life levels (p<0.05). It was determined that there was a significant difference only in the "Social Relationships" sub-dimension, among the sub-dimensions of the scale related to the variable of nationality status of life quality levels (p<0.05). It was found that there was a significant difference in the "Psychological Health" and "Social Relationships" sub-dimensions of the Game Type variable of the quality of life levels (p<0.05). It was determined that there was a significant difference only in the "Environment" sub-dimension, among the sub-dimensions of the scale related to the income level perception variable of life quality levels (p<0.05). It was determined that there was a significant difference in the sub-dimensions of "Psychological Health", "Social Relations" and "Environment" related to the place of residence variable of life quality levels (p<0.05). As a result; It was concluded that there is a relationship between badminton athletes' quality of life scale and some sub-dimensions in line with their responses to the exercise addiction scale.