Gaming Addiction and Exercise Addiction within the Framework of Behavioral Addictions

Year 2019, Volume: 20 Issue: 2, 97 - 108, 30.06.2019

Merve Denizci Nazlıgül , Adviye Esin Yılmaz

Abstract

The meaning of the term ‘addiction’ has been changed with both social and technological developments during recent years. In the past, addiction was referred to taking psychoactive chemicals; however, this construct involves not only substance-related but also behavioral addictions nowadays. Gaming addiction, exercise addiction or shopping can be accepted as examples of behavioral addictions, although gambling disorder has only been recognized as an official psychiatric disorder. Indeed, relatively little is known about most of the behavioral addictions since those addictions which are part of daily life have hedonistic in nature. The aim of the current study is to examine closely both gaming addiction and exercise addiction and discuss their differences and similarities in the context of behavioral addictions. 

Keywords

Addictive behavior, video dames, problems and exercises, gaming addiction, exercise addiction

Oyun Bağımlılığı ve Egzersiz Bağımlılığına Davranışsal Bağımlılık Çerçevesinden Bakış

Abstract

Son yıllarda gerek toplumsal gerekse teknolojik gelişmelerin
yaşanmasıyla birlikte ‘bağımlılık’ kavramının içeriğinin değiştiği
görülmektedir. Eskiden bağımlılık kavramı yalnızca psikoaktif maddeler ile
ilişkilendirilirken, günümüzde maddeye dayanmayan ve davranışsal bağımlılıklar
olarak adlandırılan yeni bir bağımlılık kategorisi karşımıza çıkmaktadır. Hâlihazırda
psikiyatrik bir tanı kategorisi olarak tanınan tek bozukluk kumar oynama
bozukluğu olsa da oyun bağımlılığı, egzersiz bağımlılığı, seks bağımlılığı ve
alışveriş bağımlılığı gibi birçok davranışsal bağımlılık türünün olduğu
bilinmektedir. Bu bağımlılıklar haz verici doğalarından ve günlük yaşamın bir
parçası olabildiklerinden dolayı ortaya çıkardıkları olumsuz psikolojik,
fizyolojik ve sosyal etkiler gölgede kalabilmekte ve birçok davranışsal
bağımlılık hakkında pek az bilgi bulunmaktadır. Bu derlemenin amacı, birbirinden
farklı görünen ancak bazı ortak noktaları bulunan oyun bağımlılığını ve egzersiz
bağımlılığını daha yakından incelemek ve bu iki bağımlılık hakkında yapılan
araştırma bulgularını derleyerek bu problemli davranışlar hakkında daha net bir
tablo ortaya koymaktır.

Keywords

Davranışsal bağımlılık, video oyunları, problemler ve egzersiz, oyun bağımlılığı, egzersiz bağımlılığı

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