Exercise as an addictive behavior: Implications for building awareness in the community

Sharma, Manoj Kumar; Rao, Girish N; Benegal, Vivek; Thennarasu, K; Hamza, Ameer; Thomas, Divya

doi:10.15761/mhar.1000177

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“…Understanding the prevalence of exercise dependence in India gives us an overall understanding of the behaviour in the sociocultural context. Previous studies have found a prevalence of 5.85% and it was found that exercise addiction was more prevalent in males than in females (Sharma et al, 2019).…”

Section: Exercise Dependence and Body Image Studiesmentioning

confidence: 92%

“…The study adds to the existing literature on exercise behaviours, exercise dependence and body esteem in India. Few studies have looked at exercise dependence, and body esteem in gym-goers and this study gives insight into how the general population and not athletes or bodybuilders differ in body esteem and exercise dependence (Ganesan et al, 2018;Rajagopalan & Shejwal, 2014;Sharma et al, 2019;Soohinda et al, 2020) Exploration of the exercise behaviours in gym-goers in India with a sociocultural understanding of the findings is a notable contribution of the study. The study has also assessed different areas of body esteem which helps widen the scope of understanding of how exercise is related to the different areas.…”

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Exercise behaviour and body esteem of gym-goers in india

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2023

Eur. J. Psychol.

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Exercise dependence is described as exercise which is harmful if engaged compulsively and excessively. The present study aims to investigate differences in categories of exercise behaviours and areas of body esteem in gym-goers in India across genders. The study used a cross-sectional design, and the sample consisted of 291 gym-goers (females = 146; males = 145) The Exercise Dependence Scale- 21 (EDS-21) and Body Esteem Scale-Revised (BES-R) was administered to the gym-goers in India after seeking informed consent. The obtained data were statistically analysed using descriptive statistics and multivariate analysis of variance. The results of the study indicated that there was a significant difference in the three categories of exercise behaviours and three areas of body esteem in male gym-goers. However, such similar differences were not found in female gym-goers. The differences found in body esteem for the male gym-goers in certain areas suggest how exercise has an impact on body image. For female gym-goers, we can see that irrespective of the category they belong to, there is no difference in the areas of body esteem. We can understand such findings with the sociocultural model of excessive exercise given by White and Halliwell (DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2010.02.002) where perceived sociocultural pressure predicts excessive exercise, which is mediated by body image. Strengths and limitations of the study are discussed. Future research in India based on qualitative and longitudinal designs are warranted.

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Section: Exercise Dependence and Body Image Studiesmentioning

confidence: 92%