Purpose To provide 5-year time trends in prevalence and demographic, substance use, and
mental health correlates of compulsive exercise among a national sample of college men …

Compulsive exercise is associated with unhealthy outcomes and is common among eating
disorder populations. This study aimed to replicate previous cross-sectional work by …

Regular physical activity plays a crucial role in health maintenance and disease prevention.
However, excessive exercise has the potential to have adverse effects on both physical and …

Background Exercise addiction is increasingly being recognized as a psychologically and
physically burdensome set of symptoms. However, little is known about the psychiatric …

Objectives Better understanding of compulsive exercise is needed in sports medicine. Whilst
compulsive exercise may impact mental health, the limited research exploring the …

The risk factors for compulsive exercise are unknown. This study aims to explore
longitudinal sociocultural risk factors for compulsive exercise, using a 12‐month prospective …

Eating disturbances continue to grow among college students and researchers have begun
to investigate factors that may lead to abnormal eating behaviors in this population. Recent …

Approximately 68% of the United States population is classified as overweight or obese
(Flegal et al. 2010). As overweight and obesity continue to be national health problems …

This study examined associations among excessive exercise, eating disorders, and selected
psychological characteristics in college women (N= 586). Participants were recruited from …

The recent addition of a behavioral addictions category in the Diagnostic and Statistical
Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) has provided a framework to examine when behaviors …