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

Background and aims This study examines exercise addiction (EA) in amateur runners from
a multidimensional approach, including demographics (age, sex, educational attainment …

Exercise addiction is characterized by morbid pattern of behavior which may have negative
psychological consequences, seriously compromising the lives of those affected. The …

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 …

This study was performed to investigate further the two-dimensional aspect of passion and
its relationship to the risk of exercise addiction (REA) in nine nations and to clarify the …

There are approximately 1,000 published articles on exercise addiction, which is
characterized by exaggerated training yielding adverse effects. In contrast, there are less …

Exercise addiction is a term used to describe dysfunctional exercise behavior characterized
by the classic symptoms of addictions, which eventually result in physical, psychological, or …