Table 1 Use of the exercise addiction inventory in previously published studies
From: A cross-cultural re-evaluation of the Exercise Addiction Inventory (EAI) in five countries
Study | Year | Sample | Measures | Prevalence (%) of exercise addiction |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Griffiths et al. [16] | 2005 | University students | EAI (English) | 3.0 |
Szabo and Griffiths [18] | 2007 | Habitual exercisers and sport-science students | EAI (English) | 3.6 (habitual exercisers); 6.9 (sport-science undergraduates) |
Youngman [24] | 2007 | Triathletes | EAI (English) | 19.9 |
Villella et al. [30] | 2010 | High-school students | EAI (Italian) | 8.5 |
Lejoyeux et al. [31] | 2012 | Fitness-centre attendees | EAI (French) | 29.6 |
Mónok et al. [17] | 2012 | Nationally representative sample (population aged 18–64 years) | EAI (Hungarian) | 0.5 (general population); 3.2 (regular exercisers) |
Lichtenstein et al. [20] | 2013 | Fitness exercisers and football players | EAI (Danish) | 5.8 |
Menczel et al. [32] | 2013 | Fitness-centre attendees | EAI (Hungarian) | 1.8 + 1.8 who exhibited both exercise addiction and eating disorders |
Szabo et al. [22] | 2013 | University students and athletes | EAI (Spanish) | 7–17 |