Examination of the social physical anxiety levels of adult individuals going to the gym (for Diyarbakir Province)

Abstract

The aim of this study is to examine the social physical anxiety levels of adults who go to the gym. As the research was designed, it consists of adult individuals who go to the gym in Diyarbakir. A total of 242 adults, 98 females and 144 males, go to the gym. Social physical anxiety scale developed by Hart et al. (1989) and adapted to Turkish culture by Mülazımoğlu-Ballı and Asçı (2006) was used. In addition, the personal information of athletes was gathered through the "Personal Information Form" created by some researchers. In the analysis process of the data taken in this research, descriptive statistical methods, t-test for independent samples and one-way analysis of variance methods were used in this study, in accordance with the research design according to whether they show a normal distribution or not, by examining the data in the analysis process. The analyzes were made in the SPSS.22 package program and the relevance level was determined as p < 0.05 in the study. As a result of this study, in terms of the age variable, between the individuals between the ages of 18 and 21 and those aged 26 and over, in favor of the individuals between the ages of 18 to 21, the individuals between the ages of 22 and 25, and those aged 26 and over, in favor of the individuals between the ages of 22 and 25. It was concluded that the single participants had a higher level of social physical anxiety than the married participants, and the participants with a lower level of education had a higher level of social physical anxiety.

Keywords: Exercise, social physical anxiety.

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