Examination of exercise addictions and levels of behavior regulation in exercise of physical education and sports sciences undergraduate students

Exercise addiction, on the other hand, is when a person cannot control his / her own control despite various limitations and some negative states and exercises too much. In the study, it was aimed to examine the exercise addiction of physical education and sports science undergraduate students. Descriptive research method and relational survey model were used in the research. The universe of the research consists of physical education and sports sciences undergraduate students studying in Istanbul. Its sample consists of 400 students randomly determined from the universe. Personal information form, Exercise Addiction Scale and Behavioral Regulations in Exercise Scale were used as data collection tools in the study. SPSS 25 data analysis program was used to analyze the research data. In the study, it was concluded that male students had higher levels of exercise dependence and behavioral regulation in exercise than women. In addition, it was determined that the levels of exercise dependence and behavioral regulation in exercise did not differ according to the age and grade level of the students. In the study, as the age increases, exercise dependence decreases, the class variable significantly affects the levels of exercise dependence and behavioral regulation in exercise, the sports history variable affects the levels of exercise dependence and behavioral regulation in exercise. As the duration of the sports history of the students increases, the levels of exercise addiction and behavioral modifications in exercise decrease.