ADDICTION TO EXERCISE A SYMPTOM OR A DISORDER? -- ADDICTION TO EXERCISE A SYMPTOM OR A DISORDER? -- LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR -- PEER REVIEWED PUBLISHED WORKS FROM THE AUTHOR ON WHICH THIS MONOGRAPH IS BASED -- Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION -- 1.0 - FROM HEALTHY TO UNHEALTHY EXERCISE -- 1.1. Exercise is a Good Thing (in Moderation) -- 1.2. From Commitment to Addiction -- Chapter 2: DEFINITION -- 2.0 - THE CONCEPT OF EXERCISE ADDICTION -- 2.1. Definition of Exercise Addiction -- 2.2. WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS -- Chapter 3: SYMPTOMS -- 3.0 - COMMON SYMPTOMS OF EXERCISE ADDICTION -- 3.1. Six Common Symptoms in Griffiths' (2005) "Components" Model -- 3.2. OTHER SYMPTOMS OBSERVED IN EXERCISE ADDICTION -- 3.3. A NEWER CLASSIFICATION FOR BEHAVIORAL ADDICTIONS IN GENERAL -- Chapter 4: ASSESSMENT -- 4.0. ASSESSMENT OF EXERCISE ADDICTION -- 4.1. THE EXERCISE ADDICTION INVENTORY, (EAI - TERRY, SZABO, AND GRIFFITHS, 2004) -- 4.2. THE OBLIGATORY EXERCISE QUESTIONNAIRE (OEQ - PASMAN AND THOMPSON, 1988) -- 4.3. THE EXERCISE DEPENDENCE QUESTIONNAIRE (EDQ - OGDEN, VEALE, AND SUMMERS, 1997) -- 4.4. EXERCISE DEPENDENCE SCALE (EDS - HAUSENBLAS AND SYMONS DOWNS, 2002B) -- 4.5. LESS WIDELY USED TOOLS IN THE ASSESSMENT OF EXERCISE ADDICTION -- 4.6. STRENGTHS AND LIMITATIONS OF PAPER AND PENCIL TOOLS IN GAUGING EXERCISE ADDICTION -- Chapter 5: MOTIVATIONAL INCENTIVES IN EXERCISE ADDICTION -- Chapter 6: MODELS -- 6.0 - MODELS EXPLAINING EXERCISE ADDICTION -- 6.1. The Sympathetic Arousal Hypothesis -- 6.2. The Cognitive Appraisal Hypothesis -- 6.3. The Affect Regulation Hypothesis -- 6.4. The Thermogenic Regulation Hypothesis -- 6.5. The Catecholamine Hypothesis -- 6.6. The Endorphin Hypothesis -- Chapter 7: THE RUNNER'S HIGH PHENOMENON -- Chapter 8: CORRELATES OF EXERCISE ADDICTION -- Chapter 9: RESEARCH.

9.0 - RESEARCH ON EXERCISE ADDICTION -- 9.1. Personality-Oriented Research -- 9.2. Beta-Endorphin and Exercise Addiction Research -- 9.3. Preponderance of Exercise Addiction -- 9.4. Case Studies of Exercise Addiction -- 9.5. Exercise Addiction and Withdrawal Symptoms -- Chapter 10: EXERCISE ADDICTION AND EATING DISORDERS -- 10.1. The Relationship between Exercise Addiction and Eating Disorders -- 10.2. The Analogy between Anorexia and Excessive Exercising -- 10.3. Prevalence of Eating Disorder Symptoms in Exercisers and Non-Exercisers -- 10.4. Is Excessive Physical Activity the Cause or the Consequence of Eating Disorders? -- 10.5. Recommendations for Future Research on Exercise Addiction and Eating Disorders -- Chapter 11: WHAT WE KNOW -- Chapter 12: WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW -- Chapter 13: CONCLUSIONS -- 13.0 - GENERAL CONCLUSIONS -- Appendix: APPENDIX A.THE EXERCISE ADDICTION INVENTORY -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.