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British Journal of Addiction, 1987 SummaryExercise can become a compulsive behaviour and harmful to an individual. This review proposes diagnostic criteria for ‘exercise dependence’ to facilitate recognition in Sports clinics and further research. The importance of diagnosing exercise dependence lies in the prevention of morbidity and rarely mortality if exercise is continued in the ...
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Endorphins, Exercise, and Addictions: A Review of Exercise Dependence [PDF]
Impulse: The Premier Undergraduate Neuroscience Journal, 2006 Endorphins are endogenous opioids released from the pituitary gland that are believed to mediate analgesia, induce euphoria, and play a role in the reward system in the brain. It has been suggested that endorphins are responsible for creating the relaxed
Andrea Leuenberger
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Exercise identity as a risk factor for exercise dependence
British Journal of Health Psychology, 2012 Objectives The aim of the study was to explore the relationship between exercise identity and exercise dependence. We hypothesized that stronger exercise identities would be associated with greater odds of experiencing exercise dependence symptoms. Design
Aja L, Murray +3 more
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Revisiting the exercise imagery and exercise-dependence relationship [PDF]
International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 2016 The present study examined the relationship between exercise imagery and exercise dependence, building on the limitations of previous work that has considered exercise dependence as a single factor construct. Examining the relationship between imagery and separate exercise dependence symptoms is vital to expand what is known about exercise dependence ...
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Scores on Exercise Dependence among Dancers
Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1993 A number of researchers have suggested that the syndrome of exercise dependence (addiction) is paralleled by a tendency towards eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia. As considerable research has reported a high incidence of eating disorders among dancers and as rigorous physical demands are inherent in dance, we hypothesized that ...
E F, Pierce, M L, Daleng, R W, McGowan
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, 2023 The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of exercise dependence, as well as conducting a re-evaluation of the Exercise Dependence Scale-Revised (EDS-R) through a confirmatory factor analysis. The study was based on three Swedish data collections (N = 1101), collected through online questionnaires answered by physically active adults.
Isaacson, Joseph
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Too Much of a Good Thing? Exercise Dependence in Endurance Athletes: Relationships with Personal and Social Resources. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2021 (1) Background: A large body of research has examined the positive effects of physical activity on physical and mental health. However, for some, excessive exercise can develop into an addiction that is detrimental to their health.
Zimanyi Z, Wolff W, Schüler J.
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Exercise Dependence and Cardiovascular Reactivity to Acute Psychological Stress: An Extension and Replication Study. [PDF]
PsychophysiologyLow cardiovascular reactions to acute psychological stress have been shown among those with substance and non‐substance dependencies like exercise dependence.
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Australian Journal of Psychology, 2021 Objective Exercise dependence refers to excessive exercise accompanied by addiction-like symptoms such as craving, tolerance, withdrawal, impaired control, and disruption of life domains.
Michael Lyvers +2 more
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Exercise Behaviour and Body Esteem of Gym-Goers in India
Europe's Journal of Psychology, 2023 Exercise dependence is described as exercise which is harmful if engaged compulsively and excessively. The present study aims to investigate differences in categories of exercise behaviours and areas of body esteem in gym-goers in India across genders ...
Ruhee Contractor, Deepa Rasquinha
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