The exercise addiction inventory: a quick and easy screening tool for health practitioners: Table 1

British Journal of Sports Medicine - Tập 39 Số 6 - Trang e30-e30 - 2005
Mark D. Griffiths1
1Psychology Division, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham NG1 4BU, UK. [email protected]

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Background:Exercise addiction is not routinely screened for probably because available instruments take a long time to administer, their scoring may be complicated, and their interpretation is not always obvious. A new psychometric instrument has been developed that is capable of identifying people affected by, or at risk of, exercise addiction: the exercise addiction inventory (EAI). A preliminary report showed the EAI had good reliability and validity.Objectives:To test further the EAI’s psychometric properties and show that it would be quick and simple to administer by general practitioners.Methods:A sample of 200 habitual exercisers were given the EAI and two existing exercise addiction scales (obligatory exercise questionnaire; exercise dependence scale). Two weeks later, another sample of 79 exercisers were administered the EAI to determine the test-retest reliability of the questionnaire.Results:The original data from the preliminary report were reanalysed to determine the split half correlation of the EAI. This was found to be 0.84 (Guttman split-half coefficient). A correlation between weekly frequency of exercising and EAI scores was also determined, and it was found that the two variables shared 29% of the variance (r2 =  0.29). The test-retest reliability of the scale was found to be very good (0.85).Conclusions:The EAI is a valid and reliable tool which would be capable of helping general practitioners to quickly and easily identify people affected by, or at risk of, exercise addiction.

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British Journal of Sports Medicine

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