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Body, Mind and Community: Relationship Between Body Appreciation, Social Connectedness, and Happiness in Exercise Participants

Beden, Zihin ve Toplum: Egzersiz Katılımcılarında Bedeni Beğenme, Sosyal Bağlılık ve Mutluluk İlişkisi

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According to the results of the t-test conducted according to gender, no statistically significant difference was found in the mean scores of "BAS, "SCS" and "OHS-SF".

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Objective & Hypothesis:The purpose of this research is to examine exercise participants' body appreciate, social connectedness and happiness levels according to some variables and to test the relationship between these three variables.
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The purpose of this research is to examine exercise participants' body appreciate, social connectedness and happiness levels according to some variables and to test the relationship between these three variables. The research group consisted of a total of 481 participants, selected on a voluntary basis and using criterion sampling. The participants were aged between 18 and 65 years and exercised regularly at least 2 days a week for at least 3 months. In the study, "Body Appreciate Scale (BAS; Anlı et al., 2015)", "Social Connectedness Scale (SCS; Duru, 2007) and "Oxford Happiness Scale-Short Form (OHS-SF; Doğan & Çötok, 2011)" were used as data collection tools. Descriptive statistics, MANOVA, t-test and regression tests were used to analyse the data. According to the results of the t-test conducted according to gender, no statistically significant difference was found in the mean scores of "BAS, "SCS" and "OHS-SF". According to the results of MANOVA, it was reported that the main effect of age and weekly exercise frequency variables were statistically significant in "BAS", "SCS" and "OHS-SS". According to the t-test results, it was found that the working status variable was statistically significant in mean scores in all scales. According to regression analyses, body appreciation predicted social connectedness and happiness. As a result, it can be said that perception of body appreciation is an important emotional state in promoting happiness and social connectedness.

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Bu araştırmanın amacı, egzersiz katılımcılarının bedeni beğenme, sosyal bağlılık ve mutluluk düzeylerini bazı değişkenlere göre incelemek ve bu üç değişken arasındaki ilişkiyi test etmektir. Araştırma grubu, ölçüt örneklem metodu kullanılarak ve gönüllülük esasına göre seçilen toplam 481 katılımcıdan oluşmuştur. Katılımcılar 18 ila 65 yaşları arasında ve en az 3 ay boyunca haftada en az 2 gün düzenli olarak egzersiz yapmaktadır. Araştırmada “Bedeni Beğenme Ölçeği (BBÖ; Anlı ve diğ, 2015)”, “Sosyal Bağlılık Ölçeği (SBÖ; Duru, 2007) ve “Oxford Mutluluk Ölçeği-Kısa Formu (OMÖ-KS; Doğan ve Çötok, 2011)” veri toplama aracı olarak kullanılmıştır. Verilerin analizi için betimsel istatistikler, MANOVA, t-test ve regresyon testleri kullanılmıştır. Cinsiyete göre yapılan t-test sonuçlarına göre, “BBÖ”, “SBÖ” ve “OMÖ-KS” de ortalama puanlarda istatistiksel olarak anlamlı farklılık tespit edilmemiştir. MANOVA sonuçlarına göre ise “BBÖ”, “SBÖ” ve “OMÖ-KS” de yaş ve haftalık egzersiz süresi değişkenlerinin temel etkisinin anlamlı olduğu rapor edilmiştir. T-test sonuçlarına göre, çalışma durumu değişkeninin tüm ölçeklerde ortalama puanlarda istatistiksel olarak anlamlı olduğu bulgusu elde edilmiştir. Regresyon analizlerine göre, bedeni beğenmenin, sosyal bağlılığı ve mutluluğu yordadığı tespit edilmiştir. Sonuç olarak, bedeni beğenme algısının mutluluğu ve sosyal bağlantıları teşvik etmede önemli bir duygu durumu olduğu söylenebilmektedir.

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Kara, F. M., Dumay, R., Topçuoğlu, S., Evlice, S. (2024). Body, Mind and Community: Relationship Between Body Appreciation, Social Connectedness, and Happiness in Exercise Participants. Herkes için Spor ve Rekreasyon Dergisi, Volume: 6 Issue: 3. https://doi.org/10.56639/jsar.1507095

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