Abstract:

The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between the exercise addiction levels of active sports athletes and their attitudes towards performance enhancers and to compare them in terms of various variables. A total of 283 active athletes, 180 (63.6%) men and 103 (36.4%) women, participated in the study. “Demographic Information Form”, “Performance Enhancement Attitude Scale (PAT-S)” and “Exercise Addiction Scale (EBI)” were used to collect data. In the analysis of parametrically distributed data, t-test was used for two-group variables, ANOVA for variables with more than two groups, and correlation analysis to examine the relationship between two scales. With the Performance Enhancement Attitude Scale, a significant difference was determined according to the variables of gender, economic income and sports year (p<0.05), but no significant difference was found according to the variables of sports branch and age. (p>0.05). In the exercise addiction scale, a significant difference was found according to the variables of gender, year of sport and age (p<0.05), while there was no significant difference according to the variables of economic income and branch (p>0.05). As a result of the correlation analysis between the exercise addiction scale and the performance enhancement attitude scale, a significant and low level positive relationship was found (p<0.05). As a result, as the exercise addiction levels of the athletes increased, their attitudes towards performance enhancers also increased.

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