Exercise addiction: evolution and challenges for its recognition as a clinical disorder

Sicilia, ?, Alcaraz-Ibáñez, M, Paterna, A and Griffiths, MD ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8880-6524, 2023. Exercise addiction: evolution and challenges for its recognition as a clinical disorder. In: Corazza, O and Rocha Dores, A, eds., The body in the mind: exercise addiction, body image and the use of enhancement drugs. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 1-24. ISBN 9781911623724

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Abstract

The potential negative effects of exercise addiction (EA) were first reported over 50 years ago, but it has only recently been formally recognized as a disorder in the leading clinical manuals. The inclusion of exercise behaviour as a potentially addictive behaviour will require greater consensus on how to define this disorder, with diagnostic criteria and course descriptions clearly supported by scientific evidence, and on how to categorize it in relation to other mental disorders. This chapter presents an overview of attempts to identify the defining features of EA, the development of instruments to measure it, estimates of its prevalence, and the main strategies for treating it. The diverse terminology used to describe this disorder reflects both the range of perspectives from which it has been examined, and the different manifestations of EA. The chapter concludes by recognizing that the development and validation of specific diagnostic criteria for EA pose many challenges.

Item Type:	Chapter in book
Creators:	Sicilia, ?., Alcaraz-Ibáñez, M., Paterna, A. and Griffiths, M.D.
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication:	Cambridge
Date:	2023
ISBN:	9781911623724
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.1017/9781911623731.002 DOI 2187193 Other
Rights:	This material has been published in revised form in The body in the mind: exercise addiction, body image and the use of enhancement drugs edited by Ornella Corazza and Artemisa Rocha Dores https://doi.org/10.1017/9781911623731.002 This version is free to view and download for private research and study only. Not for re-distribution or re-use.
Divisions:	Schools > School of Social Sciences
Record created by:	Jonathan Gallacher
Date Added:	13 Aug 2024 10:57
Last Modified:	13 Aug 2024 10:57
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/51988

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