ReviewFrontiers in psychology2018
Exercise Addiction in Practitioners of Endurance Sports: A Literature Review.
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- Exercise addiction: A review and evaluation of current research and theory.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2026Review
- Socio-ecological correlates of exercise procrastination and exercise addiction: a preliminary exploratory study using a single-university sample.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Predicting college students' exercise dependence: a machine learning approach.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Association ofInternational journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Prevalence of Exercise Dependence Among High-Intensity Functional Training Practitioners: A Cross-Sectional Analysis.International journal of exercise science · 2025Article
- Mental Health Disorders in Ultra Endurance Athletes per ICD-11 Classifications: A Review of an Overlooked Community in Sports Psychiatry.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Personality Traits Associated with the Risk of Exercise Dependence in Ultraendurance Athletes: A Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Exercise Dependence in Practitioners of Martial Arts and Combat Sports.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Exercise dependence and orthorexia nervosa in Crossfit: exploring the role of perfectionism.Current psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.) · 2022Article
- The expanded interactional model of exercise addiction.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2021Review
- Effect of exercise immersion experience on health promotion and lifelong physical education of high school students in sports club activities.Journal of exercise rehabilitation · 2021Article
- Physical Sports Activities and Exercise Addiction during Lockdown in the Spanish Population.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Too Much of a Good Thing? Exercise Dependence in Endurance Athletes: Relationships with Personal and Social Resources.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Influence of Psychological Factors on the Success of the Ultra-Trail Runner.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Exercise Addiction and Muscle Dysmorphia: The Role of Emotional Dependence and Attachment.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Pain During a Marathon Run: Prevalence and Correlates in a Cross-Sectional Study of 1,251 Recreational Runners in 251 Marathons.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2021Article
- The Prevalence of Exercise Addiction Symptoms in a Sample of National Level Elite Athletes.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2021Article
- Roles of β-Endorphin in Stress, Behavior, Neuroinflammation, and Brain Energy Metabolism.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020Review
- The relationship between food addiction and patterns of disordered eating with exercise dependence: in amateur endurance athletes.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2020Article
- Genetic Basis of Aerobically Supported Voluntary Exercise: Results from a Selection Experiment with House Mice.Genetics · 2020Article
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Abstract
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 accessibility have facilitated the emergence of addictive behaviors. Excessive practicing can lead to adverse physical and psychological effects seriously prejudicial to health, to the extent that individuals are unable to control this behavior. Recognizing that exercise addiction is still a controversial concept, the aim of the present review is to analyze the state of research into addictive exercise behaviors, specifically centering on running and endurance sports. To this end, a search covering article written in English and dated from 2010 onward was carried out in the Pubmed, Scopus, Web of Science and EBSCOhost databases. Of a total of 2,675 articles in the four databases, 25 were eligible for the final review. The studies reviewed confirmed that excessive practice could encourage the appearance of addictive behaviors and health problems. Most research has reported no age or sex differences in exercise dependence among endurance sport practitioners; however, obsessive passion and dedication to sports activities may be predictors for addiction to exercise. Owing to terminological confusion and the variety of tools used to measure addiction, figures for prevalence differ widely among studies, with values quoted ranging from 3 to 42%. Furthermore, it is clear that there are problems in delimiting, defining and diagnosing this sort of behavior, which has led to addiction to exercise not yet being considered a behavioral disorder.
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