This study aimed to determine and compare the motivations of individuals using and not using smartwatches with the physical activity tracking feature to engage in physical activity. Of the 311 individuals who were contacted on social media platforms and volunteered to participate in the study, randomly selected 100 individuals, half using smartwatches and half not using smartwatches, were included in the sample. As data collection tools, a personal information form prepared by the researchers was used to determine the personal characteristics of the participants, and the fitness/energy release and action/activity status subscales of the Participation Motivation Questionnaire (PMQ), developed by Gill et al. in 1983 and adapted to Turkish by Oyar et al. in 2001, was administered to measure the participants’ level of engaging in physical activity. The data obtained from the data collection tools were subjected to statistical analyses using SPSS v. 26 software. Parametrical statistics were used in line with the results of the data normality test. According to the research findings, the participants who used smartwatches had a significantly higher score in the fitness/energy release subscale of PMQ (x̄2.14±.466) compared to those that did not use smartwatches (x̄1.79±.351) (p=.036). According to the point-biserial correlation analysis, there was a statistically significant, positive, and strong correlation between using smartwatches and motivation to participate in sports for the fitness/energy release subscale (rpb=.694, p<.001). Keywords: Smartwatch, Physical Activity, Motivation

The purpose of this study was to determine smartphone addiction and leisure boredom perception levels in ice hockey players in Turkey, examine them in terms of age, sex and educational level, and investigate the correlation between smartphone addiction and leisure boredom perception. The population of the study consisted of athletes actively playing in ice hockey leagues in Turkey. The sample group comprised a total of 85 athletes (51 males and 34 females) who were selected randomly from the population and were voluntary to participate in the study. In the study, a questionnaire with three sections was used as the data collection tool. The first section of the questionnaire was a personal information form prepared by the researcher to determine the age, sex, and educational background of the participants. In the second section of the questionnaire, the Smartphone Addiction Scale-Short Version (SAS-SV) was used for measuring the smartphone addiction levels of the participants. In the third and last section of the questionnaire, the Leisure Boredom Scale (LBS) was used for determining the leisure boredom perception of the participants. In the data assessment, the SPSS 26 package software was used. After transferring the data collected via the data collection tool into the electronic environment, the normality was first tested and then non-parametric analyses were performed upon detecting that the data were not normally distributed. When examining the findings of the study, it was observed that most of the participants were male, had high school education and below and were aged 15 to 17 years. In addition, the mean scores of the participants were higher in the Leisure Boredom Scale Boredom Subscale, moderate in the Leisure Boredom Scale Satisfaction Subscale and higher in the Smartphone Addiction Scale-Short Version. It was determined that the female participants had higher mean ranks in the Leisure Boredom Scale Boredom Subscale compared to the male participants at a statistically significant level. When examining the correlation between the smartphone addiction and leisure boredom perception of the participants, it was also observed that there was a statistically significant, positive, and weak correlation between the smartphone addiction and the boredom subscale of the leisure boredom perception.

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Bu çalışmanın amacı Buz Hokeyi oyuncularında sporda zihinsel dayanıklılık düzeylerinin tespit edilmesi, cinsiyet, yaş, spor yaşı, eğitim düzeyi ve oyun mevkii açısından incelenmesidir. Araştırma evrenini Türkiye Buz Hokeyi Federasyonu liglerinde bulunan lisanslı 1240 sporcu oluşturmaktadır. Örneklem grubu ise evren içerisinden rastgele seçilen ve araştırmaya katılım noktasında gönüllü olan lisanslı 129 sporcudur. Araştırmada veri toplama aracı olarak iki bölümden oluşan anket formu kullanılmıştır. Anket formunun ilk bölümü araştırmacı tarafından hazırlanmış olan, cinsiyet, yaş, spor yaşı, eğitim düzeyi ve oyun mevkii durumlarını öğrenmeye yönelik kişisel bilgi formudur. Anket formunun ikinci bölümünde katılımcıların sporda zihinsel dayanıklılık düzeylerinin ölçülmesi amacıyla Sheard vd. tarafından 2009 yılında geliştirilen, Türkçeye uyarlaması ise Altıntaş ve Bayar Koruç tarafından 2016 yılında yapılan Sporda Zihinsel Dayanıklılık Envanteri kullanılmıştır. Verilerin değerlendirilmesinde SPSS 20 paket programı kullanılmıştır. Veri toplama aracı ile toplanan veriler elektronik ortama aktarıldıktan sonra ilk olarak normallik sınaması yapılmış, verilerin normal dağılım göstermediğinin tespit edilmesi üzerine non-parametrik analizler yapılmıştır. Sporda Zihinsel Dayanıklılık Envanteri toplam puan ortalamalarının 2,86±,092 olduğu görülmektedir. Bunun yanında Güven alt boyutunda ortalamanın 2,66±,289 Kontrol alt boyutunda 3,6±,191 ve Devamlılık alt boyutunda ise 2,43±,108 düzeyinde olduğu görülmektedir. Diğer taraftan katılımcıların cinsiyet, yaş, eğitim düzeyi, mevki ve spor yaşlarına göre sporda zihinsel dayanıklılık envanterinden aldıkları puanların karşılaştırılmasının sonucunda gruplar arasında istatistiksel olarak anlamlı düzeyde farklılıklara rastlanmıştır.