The symbiotic relationship between sports practice and psychological well-being has, in
recent times, surged to the forefront of academic and public attention. The aim of this …

Abstract Purpose of Review The COVID-19 pandemic changed people's lifestyles and such
changed lifestyles included the potential of increasing addictive behaviors. The present …

This narrative overview summarises the work on exercise addiction (EA) over the past 12
years and exposes critical conceptual and methodological issues. More than 1000 articles …

Drug addiction is a neuropsychiatric disorder with grave personal consequences that has an
extraordinary global economic impact. Despite decades of research, the options available to …

Physical activity, and specifically exercise, has been suggested as a potential treatment for
drug addiction. In this review, we discuss clinical and preclinical evidence for the efficacy of …

The use of online calorie tracking applications and activity monitors is increasing
exponentially. Anecdotal reports document the potential for these trackers to trigger …

There is now good evidence that athletic success and participation in physical activity can
be predicted by personality traits. In this article, we review new studies that have contributed …

Compulsive exercise is a condition described since 1970s. It is characterized by a craving
for physical training, resulting in uncontrollable excessive exercise behavior with harmful …

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 …

Introduction Excessive physical exercise may evolve into physical exercise addiction, a
recently identified entity with many yet unclear aspects, such as global prevalence and …