Is there risk of exercise addiction in women who practice yoga for a long time?
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This study examined women who have a history of yoga practice of at least three years. Reasons, frequency, history of practice are studied along with the risk of exercise addiction (EA), harmonious (HAP) and obsessive passion (OBV), and involvement in social media message posting. Reported OBP, guilty feelings when missing yoga, weekly frequency of practice, and the tendency to practice yoga when injured predicted the EA (R square = .43). Yogis who regularly practiced breathing exercises too had higher HAP than those who never or only seldom practiced. Merely 2/215 (0.93%) of the sample scored above the critical EA value. Research participants performed yoga mainly for physical or psychological health. Posting of yoga-related messages on social media correlated positively with OAP, HAP, EA, as well as with the yoga frequency.
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Recruit women who practice yoga for at least three years and at least 2 times every week. Present them with demographic questions including age, frequency, duration, reason, and form of yoga. categorize based on yoga with and without breathing exercises (pranayama). Have the participants complete the revised Exercise Addiction Inventory (https://doi.org/10.1556/2006.8.2019.06) and the Passion Scale (https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.85.4.756). Ask about their social media posting habit. Analyze data with regression, MANOVA and correlations.