The Relationship Between Body Appreciation And Orthorexia Nervosa In Students Of Sports Science

Abstract

It is known that lifestyle affects individuals physically, physiologically, mentally and psychologically. It is thought that people's expectations and wishes also affect their lifestyle and behavior. In this context, in the current research, it was aimed to investigate the relationship between orthorexia nervosa and body appreciation status of students of sports sciences. While the universe of the study was composed of students of sports sciences, the sample consisted of 720 volunteer participants studying in sports sciences at Fırat University and Bitlis Eren University. Personal information form was used to obtain demographic information of the participants. The “ORTO-11 Scale” developed by Anlı et al. (2015) was used to determine the orthorexia nervosa tendencies of the participants, and the “Body appreciation scale” developed by Arusoğlu et al., (2008) was used to determine the level of body appreciation. SPSS program was used in the analysis of the data. It was determined that ORTO-11 and BAS scores did not differ by gender and BMI values ​​(p>0.05). It was determined that ORTO-11 scores changed according to the class, department, exercise habits and the importance given to appearance (p<0.05). It was determined that BAS scores differed according to the department and exercise habits (p<0.05). In addition, it was determined that there was a statistically negative relationship between ORTO-11 and BAS (p˂0.05). As a result; It has been determined that ORTO-11 and BAS scores may differ depending on some variables. However, it can be said that there is a significant relationship between the increase in orthorexic tendency and body appreciation.