Negative Addiction in Runners

1 February 1979

journal article
research article
Published by Taylor & Francis in The Physician and Sportsmedicine

Vol. 7 (2) , 55-77
https://doi.org/10.1080/00913847.1979.11948436

Abstract

A hard-core exercise addict ‘can't live’ without daily running, manifests withdrawal symptoms if deprived of exercise, and runs even when his physician says he shouldn't.

Keywords

RUNNERS
NEGATIVE ADDICTION
WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS
HARD CORE
PHYSICIAN SAYS
DAILY RUNNING
MANIFESTS WITHDRAWAL
CORE EXERCISE
EXERCISE ADDICT

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Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1977
Spotting Success Traits in Olympic Contenders
The Physician and Sportsmedicine, 1975
THE ATHLETE'S NEUROSIS ‐ A DEPRIVATION CRISIS
Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 1969