Attila Szabo, PhD, DSc, is Doctor of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and Professor of Psychology at ELTE Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest, Hungary. He completed his undergraduate and postgraduate education at Concordia University (BSc in Psycholoy and MSc in Biology) and University of Montreal (PhD in 'Sciences de l'activité physique'), in Montreal, Canada. He served the sport science teaching and research teams at Nottingham Trent University, first as Senior Lecturer then as Reader for nearly nine years. His research interest is in behavioral addictions and placebo effects in sports and exercise.Zsolt Demetrovics, PhD, DSc, is Clinical Psychologist and Cultural Anthropologist. Until 2021, he was the Dean of the Faculty of Education and Psychology, and Director of the Institute of Psychology, as well as Head of the Department of Clinical Psychology & Addiction at the ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary. Currently, Zsolt is Chair of Centre of Excellence in Responsible Gaming at the University of Gibraltar. He is former president of the Hungarian Association on Addictions and funding Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Behavioral Addictions. Furthermore, Zsolt is the president of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Addictions. He is board member of the International Collaboration on ADHD and Substance Abuse (ICASA), and the European Association of Substance Abuse Research (EASAR).

• 1. Sports and Exercise for Healthy Living2. Passion: Definitions and Conceptualization3. Passion in Athletes and Leisure Exercisers4. Runner’s High: A Path from Healthy to Dysfunctional Exercise?5. Behavioral Addictions: Overview and Classifications6. Uncovering Exercise Addiction: A Historical Perspective7. Commitment Versus Addiction in Sports and Exercise8. Psychological Manifestations of Exercise Deprivation9. Exercise Addiction: Definition and Conceptualization10. Primary and Secondary Forms of Exercise Dependence11. Psychophysiological Models for Exercise Addiction12. Psychometric Assessment of Exercise Addiction13. Undiagnosed but Real Cases of Exercise Addiction14. Is Exercise Addiction a Symptom or a Disorder?15. Treatment of Exercise Addiction16. Untangling Passion from Exercise Addiction: Shaping the Knowledge17. Novel Conceptualization of Passion and Addiction is Sport and Exercise

"Szabo and Demetrovics have written a very clever book that clears up some conceptual ambiguities and methodological weaknesses in exercise addiction research. Passion and Addiction in Sports and Exercise is compulsory reading for anyone interested in the subject, whether as a researcher, coach or athlete."Dr. Robert Gugutzer, Professor for social sciences of sports, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Attila Szabo, PhD, DSc, is Doctor of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and Professor of Psychology at ELTE Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest, Hungary. He completed his undergraduate and postgraduate education at Concordia University (BSc in Psycholoy and MSc in Biology) and University of Montreal (PhD in 'Sciences de l'activité physique'), in Montreal, Canada. He served the sport science teaching and research teams at Nottingham Trent University, first as Senior Lecturer then as Reader for nearly nine years. His research interest is in behavioral addictions and placebo effects in sports and exercise.Zsolt Demetrovics, PhD, DSc, is Clinical Psychologist and Cultural Anthropologist. Until 2021, he was the Dean of the Faculty of Education and Psychology, and Director of the Institute of Psychology, as well as Head of the Department of Clinical Psychology & Addiction at the ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary. Currently, Zsolt is Chair of Centre of Excellence in Responsible Gaming at the University of Gibraltar. He is former president of the Hungarian Association on Addictions and funding Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Behavioral Addictions. Furthermore, Zsolt is the president of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Addictions. He is board member of the International Collaboration on ADHD and Substance Abuse (ICASA), and the European Association of Substance Abuse Research (EASAR).

• 1. Sports and Exercise for Healthy Living2. Passion: Definitions and Conceptualization3. Passion in Athletes and Leisure Exercisers4. Runner’s High: A Path from Healthy to Dysfunctional Exercise?5. Behavioral Addictions: Overview and Classifications6. Uncovering Exercise Addiction: A Historical Perspective7. Commitment Versus Addiction in Sports and Exercise8. Psychological Manifestations of Exercise Deprivation9. Exercise Addiction: Definition and Conceptualization10. Primary and Secondary Forms of Exercise Dependence11. Psychophysiological Models for Exercise Addiction12. Psychometric Assessment of Exercise Addiction13. Undiagnosed but Real Cases of Exercise Addiction14. Is Exercise Addiction a Symptom or a Disorder?15. Treatment of Exercise Addiction16. Untangling Passion from Exercise Addiction: Shaping the Knowledge17. Novel Conceptualization of Passion and Addiction is Sport and Exercise

"Szabo and Demetrovics have written a very clever book that clears up some conceptual ambiguities and methodological weaknesses in exercise addiction research. Passion and Addiction in Sports and Exercise is compulsory reading for anyone interested in the subject, whether as a researcher, coach or athlete."Dr. Robert Gugutzer, Professor for social sciences of sports, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Attila Szabo, PhD, DSc, is Doctor of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and Professor of Psychology at ELTE Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest, Hungary. He completed his undergraduate and postgraduate education at Concordia University (BSc in Psycholoy and MSc in Biology) and University of Montreal (PhD in 'Sciences de l'activité physique'), in Montreal, Canada. He served the sport science teaching and research teams at Nottingham Trent University, first as Senior Lecturer then as Reader for nearly nine years. His research interest is in behavioral addictions and placebo effects in sports and exercise.Zsolt Demetrovics, PhD, DSc, is Clinical Psychologist and Cultural Anthropologist. Until 2021, he was the Dean of the Faculty of Education and Psychology, and Director of the Institute of Psychology, as well as Head of the Department of Clinical Psychology & Addiction at the ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary. Currently, Zsolt is Chair of Centre of Excellence in Responsible Gaming at the University of Gibraltar. He is former president of the Hungarian Association on Addictions and funding Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Behavioral Addictions. Furthermore, Zsolt is the president of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Addictions. He is board member of the International Collaboration on ADHD and Substance Abuse (ICASA), and the European Association of Substance Abuse Research (EASAR).

• 1. Sports and Exercise for Healthy Living2. Passion: Definitions and Conceptualization3. Passion in Athletes and Leisure Exercisers4. Runner’s High: A Path from Healthy to Dysfunctional Exercise?5. Behavioral Addictions: Overview and Classifications6. Uncovering Exercise Addiction: A Historical Perspective7. Commitment Versus Addiction in Sports and Exercise8. Psychological Manifestations of Exercise Deprivation9. Exercise Addiction: Definition and Conceptualization10. Primary and Secondary Forms of Exercise Dependence11. Psychophysiological Models for Exercise Addiction12. Psychometric Assessment of Exercise Addiction13. Undiagnosed but Real Cases of Exercise Addiction14. Is Exercise Addiction a Symptom or a Disorder?15. Treatment of Exercise Addiction16. Untangling Passion from Exercise Addiction: Shaping the Knowledge17. Novel Conceptualization of Passion and Addiction is Sport and Exercise

"Szabo and Demetrovics have written a very clever book that clears up some conceptual ambiguities and methodological weaknesses in exercise addiction research. Passion and Addiction in Sports and Exercise is compulsory reading for anyone interested in the subject, whether as a researcher, coach or athlete."Dr. Robert Gugutzer, Professor for social sciences of sports, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Germany