Exercise addiction in team sport and individual sport: Prevalences and validation of the exercise addiction inventory

MB Lichtenstein, KS Larsen… - Addiction Research & …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Exercise addiction is characterized by increasing exercise amounts which take priority over
other areas of life. It is mostly observed in individual sports, such as running and weight …

Validation of the exercise addiction inventory in a D anish sport context

MB Lichtenstein, E Christiansen… - … Journal of Medicine …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Exercise addiction is characterized by excessive exercise behavior with potential negative
consequences. The symptoms consist of salience, mood modification, tolerance, withdrawal …

[HTML][HTML] The prevalence of exercise addiction symptoms in a sample of national level elite athletes

MB Lichtenstein, AK Melin, A Szabo… - Frontiers in Sports and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Exaggerated exercise volumes, lack of control, withdrawal symptoms and conflicts with
family and friends are core symptoms of exercise addiction. The condition can lead to health …

Psychometric properties and concurrent validity of two exercise addiction measures: A population wide study

K Berczik, R Urbán, A Szabo, MD Griffiths… - Psychology of Sport and …, 2012 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES: The existence of exercise addiction has been examined in numerous studies.
However, none of the measures developed for exercise addiction assessment have been …

[HTML][HTML] Exercise addiction in Spanish athletes: Investigation of the roles of gender, social context and level of involvement

A Szabo, R De La Vega, R Ruiz-Barquín… - Journal of behavioral …, 2013 - akjournals.com
Background and aims In nomothetic research exercise addiction is studied on the basis of
symptoms which are most often linked to exercise volume. However, other factors may also …

Exercise addiction in British sport science students

A Szabo, MD Griffiths - International Journal of Mental Health and …, 2007 - Springer
The aim of the current research was to compare the prevalence of self-reported symptoms of
exercise addiction in sports sciences students with those of the general exercising …

[HTML][HTML] Exercise addiction in athletes: A systematic review of the literature

ID Juwono, N Tolnai, A Szabo - International Journal of Mental Health and …, 2022 - Springer
Athletes train on a pre-determined training schedule. Scheduled behaviors are difficult to
become “addictive” because urges and cravings cannot be scheduled. Still, many scholars …

[HTML][HTML] Focus: addiction: methodological and conceptual limitations in exercise addiction research

A Szabo, MD Griffiths, RLV Marcos… - The Yale journal of …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The aim of this brief analytical review is to highlight and disentangle research dilemmas in
the field of exercise addiction. Research examining exercise addiction is primarily based on …

[HTML][HTML] Exercise addiction in athletes and leisure exercisers: The moderating role of passion

R De La Vega, IS Parastatidou… - Journal of behavioral …, 2016 - akjournals.com
Background and aims Recently, empirical research has linked obsessive passion to the
etiology of exercise addiction, and the conceptual reason behind the fact that the latter is …

[HTML][HTML] A cross-cultural re-evaluation of the Exercise Addiction Inventory (EAI) in five countries

MD Griffiths, R Urbán, Z Demetrovics… - Sports medicine …, 2015 - Springer
Research into the detrimental effects of excessive exercise has been conceptualized in a
number of similar ways, including 'exercise addiction','exercise dependence','obligatory …