Examination of Exercise Addiction and Narcissism in University Students

Üniversite Öğrencilerinde Egzersiz Bağımlılığı ile Narsisizm Arasındaki İlişkinin İncelenmesi

İldeniz Akçadağ¹ , Mehmet Behzat Turan^2* , Vesile Şahiner Güler ³ , Halis Aygül ⁴ , Gökçe Nur Yalçin ⁵ , Şadi Furkan Say ⁶ , Ukbe Şirayder⁷

¹ Nuh Naci Yazgan University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Kayseri, Türkiye, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8868-5352
^2* Erciyes University, Faculty of Sports Sciences, Kayseri, Türkiye, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5332-803X
³ Erciyes University, Institute of Health Sciences, Kayseri, Türkiye, https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0215-8816
⁴ Nuh Naci Yazgan University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Kayseri, Türkiye, https://orcid.org/0009-0008-3875-5886
⁵ Nuh Naci Yazgan University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Kayseri, Türkiye, https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0166-1920
⁶ Nuh Naci Yazgan University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Kayseri, Türkiye, https://orcid.org/0009-0003-3333-7099
⁷ Nuh Naci Yazgan University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Kayseri, Türkiye, https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7094-3432

The study was conducted on 26-29 October 2023 at the 9. It was presented as an oral presentation by the author İldeniz AKÇADAĞ at the National Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Congress.

Corresponded Author: Mehmet Behzat Turan, e-mail: behzatturan@erciyes.edu.tr

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17063129

Received / Gönderim: 21.01.2025 Accepted / Kabul: 25.02.2025 Published / Yayın: 28. 02.2025

Volume 2, Issue 1,  February, 2025

ABSTRACT The aim of our study is to examine exercise addiction, awareness of exercise addiction and narcissism in university students at various physical activity levels. Related variables were measured with the Exercise Addiction Scale, Exercise Addiction Awareness Scale and Narcissistic Personality Inventory. While there was no significant relationship between the evaluation parameters in university students who do not exercise regularly, there was no significant relationship between awareness of exercise addiction and narcissism in students who have been doing sports for 0-2 years, and between the leadership dimension of narcissism and awareness of exercise addiction in students who have been doing sports for 3-5 years. It was observed that there were significant relationships between the awareness dimension, and between exercise addiction and awareness of exercise addiction in university students who have been doing sports for more than 5 years. Conducting multifactorial evaluations that may lead to the emergence of exercise addiction in university students and planning awareness training for exercise addiction with the results obtained from these evaluations can help establish balance in the social lives of these students

Keywords: Exercise Addiction, Narcissism, University Students, Awareness of Exercise Addiction

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APA (7th ed.)

Akçadağ, İ., Turan, M. B., Güler, V. Ş., Aygül, H., Yalçin, G. N., Say, Ş. F., & Şirayder, U. (2025). Examination of exercise addiction and narcissism in university students. International Journal of Health, Exercise, and Sport Sciences (IJOSS), 2(1), 244–256. https://www.ijoss.org/Archive/ijoss-Volume2-issue1-16.pdf
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17063129

MLA (9th ed.)

Akçadağ, İldeniz, et al. “Examination of Exercise Addiction and Narcissism in University Students.” International Journal of Health, Exercise, and Sport Sciences (IJOSS), vol. 2, no. 1, 2025, pp. 244–256. https://www.ijoss.org/Archive/ijoss-Volume2-issue1-16.pdf. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17063129

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AKÇADAĞ, İldeniz, TURAN, Mehmet Behzat, GÜLER, Vesile Şahiner, AYGÜL, Halis, YALÇIN, Gökçe Nur, SAY, Şadi Furkan ve ŞİRAYDER, Ukbe. Examination of exercise addiction and narcissism in university students. International Journal of Health, Exercise, and Sport Sciences (IJOSS), Şubat 2025, cilt 2, sayı 1, s. 244–256 https://www.ijoss.org/Archive/ijoss-Volume2-issue1-16.pdf. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17063129

Vancouver

Akçadağ İ, Turan MB, Güler VŞ, Aygül H, Yalçin GN, Say ŞF, Şirayder U. Examination of exercise addiction and narcissism in university students. Int J Health Exerc Sport Sci (IJOSS). 2025;2(1):244-256. Available from: https://www.ijoss.org/Archive/ijoss-Volume2-issue1-16.pdf. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17063129

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