Table 2.

Individual and situational factors and possible predictors of exercise addiction development.

EXERCISE ADDICTION: INDIVIDUAL AND SITUATIONAL FACTORS AND POSSIBLE PREDICTORS
High time spent exercising weekly
Physical activity occurred in childhood
Low level of education
High levels of anxiety
High levels of hostility
Loneliness
Low self-esteem
Gender (higher incidence among women)
High levels of character aspects such as: persistence, avoidance of harm, self-direction and intolerance of uncertainty
Prolonged periods of inability to train (for example, COVID-19 pandemic) when associated with high levels of passion and perfectionism
Dysfunctional eating patterns and eating disorders
Body and muscle dysmorphisms