Türkiye'de Egzersiz Bağımlılığına İlişkin Lisansüstü Tezlerin Bibliyometrik Analizi: Anahtar Kelime Eş-Oluşum Ağlarının İncelenmesi

Abstract

Bu çalışmanın amacı, egzersiz bağımlılığı konusuna ilişkin Türkiye’de yürütülmüş lisansüstü tezleri bibliyometrik yöntemle inceleyerek alanın araştırma eğilimlerini ve kavramsal yapısını ortaya koymaktır. Bu doğrultuda, YÖKTEZ veri tabanında “egzersiz bağımlılığı” anahtar sözcüğü ile taranan lisansüstü tezler analiz kapsamına alınmıştır. Çalışmada tezlerin yıllara göre dağılımı, türü, niceliksel özellikleri ve anahtar kelime yapıları betimsel istatistikler ve görsel analizler aracılığıyla değerlendirilmiştir. Eş-oluşum ağları için R programından yararlanılmıştır. Elde edilen bulgulara göre, 2015–2025 yılları arasında çeşitli alanlarda egzersiz bağımlılığı üzerine 6’sı doktora, 91’i yüksek lisans olmak üzere toplam 97 lisansüstü tez tamamlanmıştır. Anahtar kelime analizleri, egzersiz bağımlılığı kavramının spor, fitness ve fiziksel aktivite ile güçlü biçimde ilişkilendirildiğini göstermektedir. Ayrıca anahtar kelime eş-oluşum ağlarının yapısı, egzersiz bağımlılığı literatürünün ağırlıklı olarak çekirdek bir kavram etrafında merkezileştiğini; psikososyal ve bağlamsal değişkenlerle ilişkilerin ise sınırlı düzeyde kaldığını ortaya koymaktadır. Bulgular, Türkiye’de egzersiz bağımlılığına ilişkin lisansüstü araştırmaların ağırlıklı olarak egzersiz, spor, fiziksel aktivite ve psikolojik değişkenler ekseninde şekillendiğini ve alanın farklı disiplinler arasında çeşitlenen bir araştırma yapısına sahip olduğunu göstermektedir.

Keywords

• bibliyometrik analiz
• Egzersiz bağımlılığı
• fiziksel aktivite
• lisansüstü tezler
• serbest zaman

Mapping the Conceptual Structure of Postgraduate Theses on Exercise Addiction in Türkiye: A Keyword Co-Occurrence Analysis

Abstract

The aim of this study is to examine postgraduate theses conducted in Türkiye on exercise addiction through a bibliometric approach and to reveal the research trends and conceptual structure of the field. In this context, postgraduate theses retrieved from the YÖKTEZ database using the keyword “exercise addiction” were included in the analysis. The distribution of theses by year, type, research method and keyword structures were evaluated using descriptive statistics and visual analyses. The R program was used for co-occurrence networks. According to the findings, a total of 97 postgraduate theses on exercise addiction were completed between 2015 and 2025, including 6 doctoral dissertations and 91 master’s theses across various disciplines. Keyword analyses indicate that the concept of exercise addiction is strongly associated with sport, fitness and physical activity. In addition, the structure of keyword co-occurrence networks demonstrates that the exercise addiction literature is largely centralized around a core concept, while its associations with psychosocial and contextual variables remain limited. The findings indicate that postgraduate research on exercise addiction in Türkiye has primarily focused on exercise, sport, physical activity, and psychological variables, and that the field has developed across multiple disciplines.

Keywords

• bibliometric analysis
• Exercise addiction
• physical activity
• postgraduate theses
• leisure

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