Investigation of Exercise Addiction Levels of Firefighter

Authors : Mine Taşkın, Kemal Baş

Pages : 152-159

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Publication Date : 2024-08-31

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Exercise addiction is defined as the situation of restricting daily life and exercising more than once a day, exercising before other activities, and experiencing emotional deprivation if the exercise program is disrupted. This descriptive cross-sectional study aims to examine the exercise addiction of 219 firefighters working in the Konya Fire Department and the factors affecting this addiction. Personal Information Form and Exercise Addiction Scale were used in the research. One Way Anova and Post Hoc test were used to compare the data analyzed with the SPSS program. According to research findings, those who do sports two or three times a week have a higher level of focus and emotional change than those who do not do sports at all. In addition, tolerance development and passion scores of those who do sports twice a week are higher than those who do not do sports at all. The average of excessive focus and emotional change was highest in fire sergeants, the average of postponement of individual social needs was highest in fire sergeants, and the average of tolerance development and passion was highest in trainees. As a result, exercise addiction can pose a significant problem for professional firefighters. Any physical, social, or psychological problems that may arise due to the increased addiction level of fire personnel may negatively affect their success during duty. For this reason, firefighters should be encouraged to do sports under the title of sports.
Keywords : Egzersiz, Egzersiz Bağımlılığı, İtfaiye Personeli