Negative addiction to exercise: are there differences between genders?
INTRODUCTION: Regular physical exercise has numerous benefits. However, there is a subset of the exercising population who may develop a compulsion to exercise excessively and who may, as a consequence, display physiological and psychological changes ...
Vladimir Bonilha Modoio +5 more
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Introduction The Coronavirus pandemic has originated unprecedented sanitary control measures that have conditioned people’s lifestyles and habits. Little is known about the impact of such measures, especially the most restrictive, on recent and growing
A.R. Dores +12 more
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The mediating effect of self-esteem, depression and anxiety between satisfaction with body appearance and problematic Internet use [PDF]
Background and objectives: Given that dissatisfaction with bodily appearance can sometimes lead to the avoidance of personal contacts and the increase of internet use, this study examines this relationship.
Demetrovics, Z +7 more
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The use of supplements and performance and image enhancing drugs in fitness settings: a cross‐sectional investigation in the United Kingdom [PDF]
This is the peer-reviewed version of the following article: Roisin Mooney, Pierluigi Simonato, Risha Ruparelia, Andres Roman-Urrestarazu, Giovanni Martinotti, and Ornella Corazza, ‘The use of supplements and performance and image enhancing drugs in ...
Corazza, Ornella +5 more
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Cross-cultural validation of an expanded Exercise Addiction Inventory: A preliminary protocol report
Background and aims. In the last thirty years, the continuously increasing number of studies investigating Exercise Addiction (EA) stimulated interest in developing instruments assessing the risk of exercise addiction (REA). One widely used tool is the Exercise Addiction Inventory (EAI) because it is a brief, easy-to-use, time-saving, and ...
UMBERTO GRANZIOL +30 more
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Model fit and reliability of the Hungarian version of the Revised Exercise Addiction Inventory (EAI-R-HU) [PDF]
The Exercise Addiction Inventory (EAI) is a brief validated instrument adopted by many to assess the risk of exercise addiction. Its revised version (the EAI-R) has been recently validated in English with a predominantly male sample. The current work examined the model fit, validity and reliability of the Hungarian version of the EAI-R (EAI-R-HU). This
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Surrender to Win: Constructions of 12-Step Recovery from Alcoholism and Drug Addiction. [PDF]
This article focuses on the ways in which members of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA) construct themselves as being in recovery from addiction. In this original study, data were taken from nineteen participants.
Duff-Gordon, C., Willig, C.
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History of early life adversity is associated with increased food addiction and sex-specific alterations in reward network connectivity in obesity. [PDF]
Background:Neuroimaging studies have identified obesity-related differences in the brain's resting state activity. An imbalance between homeostatic and reward aspects of ingestive behaviour may contribute to obesity and food addiction.
Bhatt, R +10 more
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The exercise addiction inventory: a quick and easy screening tool for health practitioners: Table 1 [PDF]
Background:Exercise addiction is not routinely screened for probably because available instruments take a long time to administer, their scoring may be complicated, and their interpretation is not always obvious. A new psychometric instrument has been developed that is capable of identifying people affected by, or at risk of, exercise addiction: the ...
M D Griffiths, A Szabo, A Terry
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Contextualising over-engagement in work: towards a more global understanding of workaholism as an addiction [PDF]
Purpose: Despite increasing empirical research into workaholism, no single definition or conceptualisation has emerged, and current understandings of workaholism are arguably problematic.
Griffiths, MD, Karanika-Murray, M
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