This textbook provides a complete overview of motivation and emotion, using an
overarching organizational scheme of how biological, psychological, and environmental …

Regular physical activity plays a crucial role in health maintenance and disease prevention.
However, excessive exercise has the potential to have adverse effects on both physical and …

This article introduces a sport-specific theoretical model of commitment. Sport commitment is
defined as a psychological state representing the desire or resolve to continue sport …

The 'feel-good'effect of physical activity is often reported by exercisers but has not been
sufficiently recognised in health services and health promotion. In the modern world of stress …

Background and Purpose: The purpose of this paper was to review the equivocal literature
examining exercise dependence and deprivation. Method: A comprehensive literature …

This paper presents five studies with 2,420 total participants on the development and
validation of the Exercise Dependence Scale (EDS), which is conceptualized based on the …

Csikszentmihalyi's (1982) model of sport values is used as a framework for examining the
benefits of sport. An overview is given of the research evidence pertaining to the contribution …

Compulsive exercise is a condition described since 1970s. It is characterized by a craving
for physical training, resulting in uncontrollable excessive exercise behavior with harmful …

Advances in Motivation in Sport and Exercise, Third Edition, presents the most current
information in sport and exercise motivation, including discussion of new research …

Exercise induces changes in mental status, particularly analgesia, sedation, anxiolysis, and
a sense of wellbeing. The mechanisms underlying these changes remain unknown. Recent …