Objective of this study is to analyze the exercise addiction in individuals in chosen provinces of Turkey engaged with individual and team sports, definition of the addiction levels of athletes engaged with individual and team sports. 904 students engaged with individual and team sports participated voluntarily the research. The questionnaire form, in which the demographic characteristics of the participants were questioned, and an Exercise Addiction Scale (EAS-21) and Personal Data Form have

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... en applied. For the statistical analysis of the date IBM SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) 22.0 package has been used. For the data distribution and definition of the rates of anwers given to the questions the Frequency analysis, and for the definition of the differences between the varialbles the Anova (Schefee) and Independent T-test has been applied. Results are presented as (X) for average and (SS) for standard deviation and P<0,05 value has been considered as significant. Consequently, has been decided that 26 individuals among the participants are addicted, according to the rates of performing weekly exercises no difference has been found between the Exercise Addicts and the Symptomatic groups, while the difference in the asymptomatic groups has been considered as significant. Totally 904 students consisting from 296 female and 608 male students educating in the physical education and sports departments of universities in Turkey's provinces (Erzincan, Kahramanmaras, Kayseri, Kütahya, Erzurum, Kastamonu) chosen randomly participated to the study voluntarily. Objective was to analyze exercise addiction symptoms of athletes, who are students engaged with individual and team sports, and to define the addiction levels of athletes performing individual and team sports. A questionnaire form, in which demographic characteristics were questioned, and the Exercise of Recreation and Sport 90 6. I spending too much time for exercise 7. I'm doing exercise longer than I planned In result of the table inspection it was determined, significant differences were determined between the situations mentioned in the 2 nd sub division of the group of the ones performing individual and team sports (I'm doing exercise even if I get hurt or injured) and the ones mentioned in the 3 rd group (I'm continuously increasing the strength of my exercise in order to get the desired effect and increase the benefit). DISCUSSION AND RESULT Many studies are available in literature researches, which constitute content from different respects regarding and correlated with exercise addiction and performed based thereon. In result of the literature inspection it is mentioned that the frequency of observing exercise addiction symptom within the community is 10%-35% along the diversity of exercise addiction diagnosis criteria (Costa et.al. 2012, Lejoyeux et.al. 2008, Vardar et.alç 2012, Viella et.al. 2011, while this rate is mentioned as 3%-5% in the results of researches performed with exercise addiction scales (Berczik et.al. 2012, Monoc et.al. 2012. In studies performed in restricted numbers performed in the Turkish population regarding this area, Bavlı et.al. (2011) determined that 7,1% of the group representing exercise addiction in individuals performing regularly sports, and this rate has been determined by Vardar et.al. (2012) as being 12%. In the results of our study it was determined that from the participants 2,9% are exercise addicts, 52,9% are symptomatic, 44,2% are asymptomatic, that 42,2% thereof are engaged with individual sports and 57,6% are engaged with team sports; and that the rate of performing sports weekly as at least 7 days weekly is 6,0%, while the maximum rate as 3 days weekly is 25.1%. And in the comparison of the ones performing individual and team sports and the exercise addiction's sub-division it was determined that significant differences exist between the situations mentioned under the 2 nd subdivision of the ones performing individual and teams sports (I'm doing exercise even if I get hurt or injured) and the ones mentioned in the 3 rd subdivision (I'm continuously increasing the strength of my exercise in order to get the desired effect and increase the benefit). In respect of rates of performing weekly exercise;