Investigation of attitudes towards sport and internet addiction levels of faculty of sport sciences students in terms of various demographic variables

¹ Niğde Ömer Halisdemir University, Sport Science Faculty, Bor/Niğde, Türkiye
² Balıkesir University, Graduate School of Health Sciences, Bigadiç/Balıkesir, Türkiye

^* Corresponding author: seciltosun87@gmail.com

Abstract

This study examined the relationship between the attitudes toward sport and internet addiction levels of sport science faculty students according to various demographic variables. In the study, data were collected using the Attitude Toward Sport Scale and Internet Addiction Scale, and the study group of the research consisted of a total of 588 people, 320 of whom were female (54.4%) and 268 of whom were male (45.6%), who were studying at the Faculty of Sport Sciences. The data collected with the Attitude Toward Sport Scale and Internet Addiction Scale were analyzed at the end of the study, considering their normal distribution. When the data were examined because of the analyses, the data were normally distributed and parametric tests; Pearson Correlation Test, and independent samples Ttest were applied. As a result of the tests performed; a positive significant relationship was reached between the Attitude Scale towards Sports and the Internet Addiction Scale. In addition, when examined in the context of gender, marital status, department, and class, it was seen that there was no statistically significant difference. In the context of the variables of participation in sports, being an athlete, spending enough time on sports, opportunity to do sports close to residence, and time allocated to daily social media, a statistically significant difference was found.