The present study aimed to explore the relationship between health beliefs and risk awareness of those exercising regularly in their leisure time and who adopt a sedentary lifestyle. To this end, we collected the data from randomly selected 211 individuals (114 doing regular exercise and 97 sedentary people) using a demographic information form and the Health Belief Model Scale for Exercise (HBMS-E) developed by Esparza Villar et al. (2017) and adapted into Turkish by Yılmaz and Kartal (2021). The Likert-type scale consists of a total of 25 items within five subscales. The data were analyzed using the SPSS 22 program through descriptive statistics, independent samples t-test, one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and Pearson's correlation analysis at the significance level of 0.05. Findings revealed significant differences between those regularly exercising in their leisure time and the sedentary people in the HBMS-E (total score and subscales). In addition, study parameters of the exercise group showed strong correlations with their scores on the HBMS-E. Overall, it was concluded that the health belief and risk awareness of those who exercise regularly were higher than those adopting a sedentary lifestyle.
Primary Language | Turkish |
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Subjects | Sports Medicine |
Journal Section | Research Article |
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Early Pub Date | December 11, 2022 |
Publication Date | December 31, 2022 |
Submission Date | April 30, 2022 |
Acceptance Date | September 11, 2022 |
Published in Issue | Year 2022 Volume: 17 Issue: 2 |