A qualitative study of the meaning of exercise for people who could be labelled as 'addicted' to exercise - Can 'addiction' be applied to high frequency exercising?

Addiction Research and Theory

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 167-188

  Cox, Rachel ^a   Orford, Jim ^a  

^a Shropshire County Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Addiction; High frequency exercise; Meanings of exercise

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 2342492882     PISSN: 16066359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1606635310001634537     Document Type: Article

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