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Michel Lejoyeux Department of Psychiatry and Addictive Medicine, AP-HP, Bichat Claude Bernard Hospital, 75877, Paris Cedex 18, France
Maison Blanche Hospital, Paris, France

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Cecilia Guillot Department of Psychiatry and Addictive Medicine, AP-HP, Bichat Claude Bernard Hospital, 75877, Paris Cedex 18, France
Maison Blanche Hospital, Paris, France

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Florence Chalvin Department of Psychiatry and Addictive Medicine, AP-HP, Bichat Claude Bernard Hospital, 75877, Paris Cedex 18, France
Maison Blanche Hospital, Paris, France

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Aymeric Petit Department of Psychiatry and Addictive Medicine, AP-HP, Bichat Claude Bernard Hospital, 75877, Paris Cedex 18, France
Maison Blanche Hospital, Paris, France

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Valerie Lequen Department of Psychiatry and Addictive Medicine, AP-HP, Bichat Claude Bernard Hospital, 75877, Paris Cedex 18, France
Maison Blanche Hospital, Paris, France

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Abstract

Aim of the study: We assessed exercise dependence (ED), alcohol and nicotine use disorders, eating disorders, hypochondria and compulsive buying and in a population of customers of a Parisian sport shop. Methods: Five hundred consecutive customers of a sport shop were invited to participate. Diagnostic of exercise dependence was made with the Exercise Addiction Inventory and a specific questionnaire checking all diagnostic criteria. The DSM-IV-TR criteria for bulimia, alcohol and nicotine use disorders were checked and all subjects answered the CAGE and Fagerström questionnaires. Hypochondria was assessed with the DSM-IV-TR criteria and the Whiteley Index of Health Anxiety. For all parameters, customers with (ED+) and without (ED-) exercise dependence were compared. Results: The prevalence of exercise dependence was 29.6%. Subjects from the ED+ group were younger than in the ED-group (27.1 vs 29.8 years) and there were more women. They were more dependent on alcohol, had higher scores at the CAGE questionnaire. ED+ subjects more often presented hypochondria (23 vs 15%), bulimia and binge eating and they more often made gifts to themselves and to others. Conclusions: Exercise dependence appears as a frequent and almost always unrecognized form of behavioral dependence in non clinical population frequenting sport shops. It is frequently associated to chemical dependence and eating disorders.

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Journal of Behavioral Addictions
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  • Chih-Hung KO (Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan)
  • Shane KRAUS (University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV, USA)
  • Hae Kook LEE (The Catholic University of Korea, Republic of Korea)
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  • Katerina LUKAVSKA (Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic)
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  • József RÁCZ (Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary)
  • Michael SCHAUB (University of Zurich, Switzerland)
  • Marcantanio M. SPADA (London South Bank University, United Kingdom)
  • Daniel SPRITZER (Study Group on Technological Addictions, Brazil)
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  • Hermano TAVARES (Instituto de Psiquiatria do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil)
  • Wim VAN DEN BRINK (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
  • Alexander E. VOISKOUNSKY (Moscow State University, Russia)
  • Aviv M. WEINSTEIN (Ariel University, Israel)
  • Anise WU (University of Macau, Macao, China)
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