Passion and Addiction in Sports and Exercise

Author:   Attila Szabo ,  Zsolt Demetrovics
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9781032003009


Pages:   258
Publication Date:   06 June 2022
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Author:   Attila Szabo ,  Zsolt Demetrovics
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781032003009


ISBN 10:   1032003006
Pages:   258
Publication Date:   06 June 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Professional & Vocational ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1. Sports and Exercise for Healthy Living 2. Passion: Definitions and Conceptualization 3. Passion in Athletes and Leisure Exercisers 4. Runner’s High: A Path from Healthy to Dysfunctional Exercise? 5. Behavioral Addictions: Overview and Classifications 6. Uncovering Exercise Addiction: A Historical Perspective 7. Commitment Versus Addiction in Sports and Exercise 8. Psychological Manifestations of Exercise Deprivation 9. Exercise Addiction: Definition and Conceptualization 10. Primary and Secondary Forms of Exercise Dependence 11. Psychophysiological Models for Exercise Addiction 12. Psychometric Assessment of Exercise Addiction 13. Undiagnosed but Real Cases of Exercise Addiction 14. Is Exercise Addiction a Symptom or a Disorder? 15. Treatment of Exercise Addiction 16. Untangling Passion from Exercise Addiction: Shaping the Knowledge 17. Novel Conceptualization of Passion and Addiction is Sport and Exercise

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"""Szabo and Demetrovics have written a very clever book that clears up some conceptual ambiguities and methodological weaknesses in exercise addiction research. Passion and Addiction in Sports and Exercise is compulsory reading for anyone interested in the subject, whether as a researcher, coach or athlete."" Dr. Robert Gugutzer, Professor for social sciences of sports, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Germany"


Szabo and Demetrovics have written a very clever book that clears up some conceptual ambiguities and methodological weaknesses in exercise addiction research. Passion and Addiction in Sports and Exercise is compulsory reading for anyone interested in the subject, whether as a researcher, coach or athlete. Dr. Robert Gugutzer, Professor for social sciences of sports, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Germany


Szabo and Demetrovics have written a very clever book that clears up some conceptual ambiguities and methodological weaknesses in exercise addiction research. Passion and Addiction in Sports and Exercise is compulsory reading for anyone interested in the subject, whether as a researcher, coach or athlete. Dr. Robert Gugutzer, Professor for social sciences of sports, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Germany


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Attila Szabo, PhD, DSc, is Doctor of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and Professor of Psychology at ELTE Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest, Hungary. He completed his undergraduate and postgraduate education at Concordia University (BSc in Psycholoy and MSc in Biology) and University of Montreal (PhD in 'Sciences de l'activité physique'), in Montreal, Canada. He served the sport science teaching and research teams at Nottingham Trent University, first as Senior Lecturer then as Reader for nearly nine years. His research interest is in behavioral addictions and placebo effects in sports and exercise. Zsolt Demetrovics, PhD, DSc, is Clinical Psychologist and Cultural Anthropologist. Until 2021, he was the Dean of the Faculty of Education and Psychology, and Director of the Institute of Psychology, as well as Head of the Department of Clinical Psychology & Addiction at the ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary. Currently, Zsolt is Chair of Centre of Excellence in Responsible Gaming at the University of Gibraltar. He is former president of the Hungarian Association on Addictions and funding Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Behavioral Addictions. Furthermore, Zsolt is the president of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Addictions. He is board member of the International Collaboration on ADHD and Substance Abuse (ICASA), and the European Association of Substance Abuse Research (EASAR).

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