Exercise addiction in British sport science students

International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 25-28

  Szabo, Attila ^b   Griffiths, Mark D ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b National Institute for Sport Talent Care   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Addiction; Exercise; Exercise addiction inventory; Exercise dependence

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846839564     PISSN: 15571874     EISSN: 15571882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11469-006-9050-8     Document Type: Article

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