Family functioning styles and exercise addiction: disengaged, enmeshed, and rigid family patterns are associated with exercise addiction

Gori, A, Topino, E and Griffiths, MD ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8880-6524, 2024. Family functioning styles and exercise addiction: disengaged, enmeshed, and rigid family patterns are associated with exercise addiction. European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education, 14 (1), pp. 148-163. ISSN 2174-8144

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Abstract

Physical exercise is a widely recommended practice for promoting health, but for some individuals, this activity can result in pathological and morbid behaviour. Therefore, the study of the factors contributing to the onset, development, and progression of exercise addiction is particularly relevant. Within this framework, the present study assessed the effect of family functioning, body image concerns, age, and gender on exercise addiction. A sample of 300 regular exercisers (M age = 30.3 years, SD = 11.6; 69.7% females, 30.3% males) participated in the study and completed the Family Adaptability and Cohesion Evaluation Scales-IV, Body Image Concern Inventory, and Exercise Addiction Inventory. Data were analysed by implementing a series of moderated moderated-mediations. Results showed that three significant models were relevant. First, positive associations of disengaged (p < 0.05), enmeshed (p < 0.05), and rigid (p < 0.01) family functioning with exercise addiction were found. Furthermore, body image concerns mediated all these relationships, and the interaction between gender and age significantly moderated the effects of body image concerns on exercise addiction (p < 0.05). Such data may be useful for a deeper understanding of the variables associated with the development of exercise addiction, suggesting key elements on which it might be useful to focus in clinical and/or preventive activity.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education
Creators:	Gori, A., Topino, E. and Griffiths, M.D.
Publisher:	MDPI
Date:	3 January 2024
Volume:	14
Number:	1
ISSN:	2174-8144
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.3390/ejihpe14010010 DOI 1849533 Other
Rights:	© 2024 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ 4.0/).
Divisions:	Schools > School of Social Sciences
Record created by:	Jonathan Gallacher
Date Added:	11 Jan 2024 08:58
Last Modified:	11 Jan 2024 08:58
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/50656

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