Understanding exercise addiction, psychiatric characteristics and use of anabolic androgenic steroids among recreational athletes - An online survey study

• Main Authors: Björn Gunnarsson (Author), Artin Entezarjou (Author), Fernando Fernández-Aranda (Author), Susana Jiménez-Murcia (Author), Göran Kenttä (Author), Anders Håkansson (Author)
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• Udgivet: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-08-01T00:00:00Z.
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BackgroundThe purpose of this paper was to explore maladaptive behaviors among physically active individuals, including exercise dependence and use of anabolic steroids. Both exercise addiction (EA) and use of anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS) correlate to high amounts of exercise and EA have been...