The relationship between biological rhythm and somatization level of individuals that do and do not sports

This research aims to investigate the biological rhythm and somatization levels of individuals who did sports and not. The diversity of the research population is most dense settlements in Turkey and Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir provinces (18 - 35 and older) individuals participated in 150 women and 150 men. The control group of the research ; 100 persons who have never engaged in any sport, consisted of 100 athletes active engaged in sports in the Ministry of Youth and Sports leagues at the minimum of 1 year, at least 100 persons engaged sports in the fitness clubs minimum 3 days a week. (Fitness clubs members). in the process of data collection used Biological Rhythm Assessment scale (BRDG) It was developed by Giglio et al. (2009) 61 and adapted to Turkish by Aydemir et al. (2012)10 and by the Minnestota Versatile Personality Inventory (MMPI) adapted and adapted to Turkish by Dülgerler (2000) 46 in addition to the Somatisation Scale, an information form consisting of 59 questions related to gender, age, height, weight, working status and sports status of individuals was used. At the end of the study, it was concluded that there is a negative and significant relationship between the biological rhythm levels and somatization levels of the individuals. The level of somatization was lower in the individuals who had regular sports than those who did not. As the age of the participants increased, the somatization score average increased. Licensed athletes' biological rhythm levels are seen to be more regular than those who do regular sports and do not. It has been suggested that it may be useful for individuals to regulate their daily life, sports hours according to their biological hours and to people who have psychosomatic discomfort as a therapy and treatment alternative.