Passion and addiction in sports and exercise

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    • Szabo, Attila
    • Demetrovics, Zsolt

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Passion and addiction in sports and exercise

Attila Szabo and Zsolt Demetrovics

(Routledge psychology of sport, exercise and physical activity)

Routledge, 2022

  • : hbk

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description

* Presents a proposal for a new conceptualization of sports passion and sports addiction * Addresses the methodological weaknesses of sports addiction research resulting from the insufficient separation of passion and addiction * The chapters on measuring exercise addiction and presentations of undiagnosed exercise addiction make it relevant for clinicians, researchers and lay exercisers.

Table of Contents

1. Sports and Exercise for Healthy Living 2. Passion: Definitions and Conceptualization 3. Passion in Athletes and Leisure Exercisers 4. Runner's High: A Path from Healthy to Dysfunctional Exercise? 5. Behavioral Addictions: Overview and Classifications 6. Uncovering Exercise Addiction: A Historical Perspective 7. Commitment Versus Addiction in Sports and Exercise 8. Psychological Manifestations of Exercise Deprivation 9. Exercise Addiction: Definition and Conceptualization 10. Primary and Secondary Forms of Exercise Dependence 11. Psychophysiological Models for Exercise Addiction 12. Psychometric Assessment of Exercise Addiction 13. Undiagnosed but Real Cases of Exercise Addiction 14. Is Exercise Addiction a Symptom or a Disorder? 15. Treatment of Exercise Addiction 16. Untangling Passion from Exercise Addiction: Shaping the Knowledge 17. Novel Conceptualization of Passion and Addiction is Sport and Exercise

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