On the pitfalls of conceptualizing excessive physical exercise as an addictive disorder
Commentary on Dinardi et al. (2021)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21881832 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Damien Brevers (0000-0003-4503-0898, University of Luxembourg), Pierre Maurage (0000-0003-0197-0810, Psychological Sciences Research Institute, UCLouvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium), Taylor Kohut (0000-0003-1971-6175, Psychological Sciences Research Institute, UCLouvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium), José C Perales (0000-0001-5163-8811, Universidad de Granada), Joël Billieux (0000-0002-7388-6194, Addiction Switzerland) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 234-239 |
| Publication date | 2022-07-13 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Behavioral Addictions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2062-5871 • E-ISSN: 2063-5303 |
| Publisher | Akademiai Kiado Zrt. (PUBLISHER • HU) |
| DOI | 10.1556/2006.2022.00001 |
| PMID | 35234660 |
| OpenAlex | W4214547394 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 35 |
This commentary challenges some of the proposals made in the opinion paper entitled “The expanded interactional model of exercise addiction” by Dinardi, Egorov, and Szabo (2021). We first question the usefulness of the (expanded) interactional model of exercise addiction to determine the psychological processes underlying distress and functional impairment in excessive physical exercise. We then consider the authors’ use of the Self-Determination Theory to model exercise addiction, which risks the misclassification of strenuous, but adaptive, patterns of physical exercise as exercise addiction. We finally address broader concerns regarding the idea that maladaptive exercising could be conceptualized as an addictive disorder
Addiction · Addictive behavior · Distress · Gambling disorder · Physical activity · Physical exercise · Physical medicine and rehabilitation · Physical therapy · Psychiatry · Psychotherapist · Behavioral Health and Interventions · Clinical Psychology · Medicine · Mental Health Research Topics · Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports · Psychology
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| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |