There is a large and growing body of evidence on the health benefits of engagement in
leisure activities (voluntary, enjoyable non-work activities, such as hobbies, arts …

This narrative overview summarises the work on exercise addiction (EA) over the past 12
years and exposes critical conceptual and methodological issues. More than 1000 articles …

Background Previously, variable-centered analytic approaches showed positive, weak-to-
moderate associations between frequency of pornography use (FPU) and problematic …

Background Exercise dependence (EXD) can be considered an addictive behaviour
because it presents signs typical of other addictive behaviours. Despite possible health …

Practice of endurance sports/activities has gained most devotees over recent decades,
thanks to its capacity to maintain and improve health. However, their characteristics and …

Passion and Addiction in Sports and Exercise is about the bright and dark aspects of sports
and exercise behavior and revolves around two closely related yet distinct concepts …

Various levels of lockdown due to COVID-19 limit people's habitual physical activity.
Individuals addicted to exercise, health-oriented, and team-exercisers could be the most …

The main aim of this study was to investigate if exercisers' personality characteristics were
associated with exercise dependence. Specifically, the purpose was to examine if anxiety …

Exercise addiction is widely studied in sport science and psychology, but at this time it is not
recognized as an independently diagnosable mental or psychiatric disorder. Indeed, studies …

Integrating theoretical frameworks on psychological need satisfaction and passion, we
suggest that a pathway toward behavioral addiction is the development of an obsessive …