| Description |
xv, 183 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Over the top: an introduction to exercise dependence -- A foundation for understanding: theoretical approaches to the study of dependencies -- Feel the buzz: the positive psychological payoff from exercise -- Driven to be thin: eating disorders and how they develop? -- Getting thin to win: athletes, eating disorders and exercise dependence -- Hooked on exercise: personality and motivation in primary and secondary exercise dependence -- Can't do without my exercise: what exercise dependent people say about themselves and their dependency -- Taking stock: return to Brown's (1997) model and possible intervention |
| Analysis |
Psychology |
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Sports - general |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Compulsive behavior.
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Exercise addiction.
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Exercise -- Psychological aspects.
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Behavior, Addictive -- psychology.
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Exercise -- psychology.
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| Author |
Blaydon, Michelle.
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Lindner, Koenraad J., 1941-
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| LC no. |
2007003800 |
| ISBN |
0415393442 (hbk.) |
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0415393450 (paperback) |
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9780415393447 (hbk.) |
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9780415393454 (paperback) |
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