The Relationship Between Motivation of Sport Management Students to Participate in Physical Activities and Social Media Addiction

This study was conducted to examine the relationship between motivation to participate in physical activities and social media addiction among sport management students. Relational screening and causal comparison model was used in the study. In our study, Physical Activity Participation Motivation Scale (PACMS) and Social Media Addiction Scale were used as data collection instruments. The population of the study consists of the students of Istanbul Gelisim University, which is located on the European side of Istanbul, and the sample consists of N=253 university students selected from this population by convenience sampling method. The analyses of the study were defined in the SPSS 25.0 package program and the relevant analyses were carried out through this program.