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                                                                <journal-id>gujss</journal-id>
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                                                                                    <journal-title>Gaziantep Üniversitesi Spor Bilimleri Dergisi</journal-title>
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                            <issn pub-type="ppub">2536-5339</issn>
                                        <issn pub-type="epub">2536-5339</issn>
                                                                                            <publisher>
                    <publisher-name>Gaziantep Üniversitesi</publisher-name>
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                                        <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.31680/gaunjss.1706889</article-id>
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                                                            <subject>Exercise and Sports Psychology</subject>
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                                            <subj-group  xml:lang="tr">
                                                            <subject>Egzersiz ve Spor Psikolojisi</subject>
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                                                                                                                        <article-title>Spor Merkezi Üyelerinin Egzersiz Bağımlılığı ve Zihinsel Dayanıklılık Düzeylerinin Değerlendirilmesi</article-title>
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                                    <trans-title>Evaluation of Exercise Addiction and Mental Toughness Levels Among Gym Members</trans-title>
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                                                                        <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0009-0006-9417-3050</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Çatalbaş</surname>
                                    <given-names>Merve</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>OSMANİYE KORKUT ATA ÜNİVERSİTESİ</aff>
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                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0009-0001-2313-5675</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Saçlı</surname>
                                    <given-names>Vedat</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>OSMANİYE KORKUT ATA ÜNİVERSİTESİ, BEDEN EĞİTİMİ VE SPOR YÜKSEKOKULU, BEDEN EĞİTİMİ VE SPOR BÖLÜMÜ, BEDEN EĞİTİMİ VE SPOR ANABİLİM DALI</aff>
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                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3387-9600</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Öztürk Çelik</surname>
                                    <given-names>Demet</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>OSMANİYE KORKUT ATA ÜNİVERSİTESİ, BEDEN EĞİTİMİ VE SPOR YÜKSEKOKULU</aff>
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                                        <pub-date pub-type="pub" iso-8601-date="20250630">
                    <day>06</day>
                    <month>30</month>
                    <year>2025</year>
                </pub-date>
                                        <volume>10</volume>
                                        <issue>1</issue>
                                        <fpage>41</fpage>
                                        <lpage>56</lpage>
                        
                        <history>
                                    <date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="20250526">
                        <day>05</day>
                        <month>26</month>
                        <year>2025</year>
                    </date>
                                                    <date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="20250627">
                        <day>06</day>
                        <month>27</month>
                        <year>2025</year>
                    </date>
                            </history>
                                        <permissions>
                    <copyright-statement>Copyright © 2016, Gaziantep Üniversitesi Spor Bilimleri Dergisi</copyright-statement>
                    <copyright-year>2016</copyright-year>
                    <copyright-holder>Gaziantep Üniversitesi Spor Bilimleri Dergisi</copyright-holder>
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                                                                                                <abstract><p>Bu çalışma spor salonlarına devam eden bireylerin egzersiz bağımlılığı ve zihinsel dayanıklılık düzeylerini incelemek amacıyla gerçekleştirilmiştir. Araştırmaya Osmaniye ilinde spor salonuna giden, yaşları 18-49 arasında toplam 154 gönüllü birey katılmıştır. Veriler, kişisel bilgi formu, Egzersiz Bağımlılığı Ölçeği ve Zihinsel Dayanıklılık Envanteri aracılığıyla toplanmıştır. Normallik testleri normal dağılım göstermediğini belirlemiştir. Bu nedenle, bağımsız iki grup arasındaki karşılaştırmalar için Mann-Whitney U testi, ikiden fazla grup arasında kıyaslama yapmak için Kruskal-Wallis testi ve değişkenler arasındaki ilişkilerin belirlenmesi için Spearman korelasyon testi uygulanmıştır. Anlamlı farklılıkların belirlenmesi amacıyla Dunn-Bonferroni post hoc testi kullanılmıştır. Araştırma bulguları, erkek bireylerin egzersiz bağımlılığı puanlarının kadınlara kıyasla anlamlı düzeyde yüksek olduğunu göstermiştir. Yaş değişkenine göre, zihinsel dayanıklılık puanlarında anlamlılık tespit edilmiştir. Günlük ve haftalık egzersiz süresi ile egzersiz bağımlılığı alt boyutlarında ilişki gözlemlenmiştir. Ayrıca zihinsel dayanıklılık ile egzersiz bağımlılığının alt boyutu arasında yüksek düzeyde bir ilişki olduğu belirlenmiştir. Spor salonlarına devam eden bireylerde egzersiz bağımlılığı ile zihinsel dayanıklılık arasında anlamlı bir ilişki olduğunu ortaya koymaktadır. Erkekler ve uzun süre egzersiz yapan bireylerin egzersiz bağımlılığı puanlarının daha yüksek olduğu belirlenmiştir. Zihinsel dayanıklılığın, egzersiz bağımlılığı riskini azaltmada önemli bir faktör olabileceği görülmüştür.</p></abstract>
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                            <p>This study was conducted to examine exercise addiction and mental toughness levels among individuals attending fitness centers. The study included 154 voluntary participants aged 18-49 who attended gyms in Osmaniye province. Data were collected using a personal information form, the Exercise Addiction Scale, and the Mental Toughness Inventory. Normality tests indicated non-normal distribution. Therefore, the Mann-Whitney U test was used for comparisons between two independent groups, the Kruskal-Wallis test for comparisons among more than two groups, and Spearman&#039;s correlation test to determine relationships between variables. The Dunn-Bonferroni post hoc test was employed to identify significant differences. The findings revealed that male participants had significantly higher exercise addiction scores compared to females. Significant differences in mental toughness scores were observed based on age. Relationships were found between daily and weekly exercise duration and subdimensions of exercise addiction. Additionally, a strong correlation was identified between mental toughness and a subdimension of exercise addiction. The study demonstrates a significant relationship between exercise addiction and mental toughness among gym attendees. Males and individuals who exercised for longer durations exhibited higher exercise addiction scores. Mental toughness appears to be a potential protective factor in reducing the risk of exercise addiction.</p></trans-abstract>
                                                            
            
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                                                    <kwd>Egzersiz Bağımlılığı</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Zihinsel Dayanıklılık</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Spor Merkezleri</kwd>
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                                                                            <kwd-group xml:lang="en">
                                                    <kwd>Exercise Addiction</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Mental Toughnes</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Fitness Center</kwd>
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