Investigation of the exercise and health attitudes and the levrek of intolarence of uncertainty in puplic sectoremployees

Today, it is known that there are disorders such as anxiety, stress and anxiety caused by the ambiguous and uncertain situations that business life leaves on individuals. The increase in these disorders in working life poses a threat to both the individual and the efficiency of working life. One of the best ways to overcome the bad situations caused by uncertainty in working life is to give due importance to exercise and other physical activities. For this reason, it is very important to determine the level of uncertainty tolerance and exercise behaviors of individuals in working life and the beliefs and attitudes that affect these behaviors. The main purpose of this study is to examine the exercise and health beliefs and intolerance of uncertainty levels of the personnel working in public organizations within the scope of demographic variables. In line with this purpose, the study group of the research consists of 217 female and 281 male (n=498) public personnel working in Bingöl Provincial Directorate of Youth and Sports as of 2023.Three separate forms were used as data collection tools in the study. These are; Personal Information Form, Exercise and Health Belief Scale and Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale. After the normality distribution of the raw data obtained with the data collection tools was tested, the data were analyzed with t-Test and ANOVA, which are difference tests, and Pearson Correlation tests, which are relationship tests. As a result of the analysis of the data; within the framework of the data obtained from the Exercise and Health Belief and Intolerance of Uncertainty scales, a significant and positive relationship was found between the variables of gender, marital status, smoking, reason for exercising, exercise history and previous licensed sports on the level of exercise and belief and intolerance of uncertainty. However, it was determined that there was no significant result regarding the variables of age, level of education, working time, unit of employment, income status, type of exercise, area of exercise, frequency of exercise, chronic disease status and perception of health status. At the same time, it was concluded that there was a weak positive relationship between the total scores of Exercise and Health Belief and Intolerance of Uncertainty scales.