Dysfunctional Exercise Behaviour among Female- Study on Amateur Runners in Delhi and NCR

Abstract

Dysfunctional Exercise Behaviour or Exercise addiction is a pathological fixation with physical activity. People who are addicted to working out, like those who are addicted to other substances, will maintain a very strict exercise routine, become preoccupied with it, continue to do it even though they are injured and further exertion is bad, refuse to stop doing it even when they want to, they aim to burn more calories to lose weight, they always have the constant fear that if they do not exercise, they will lose the body they gain, obsession with physical fitness and exercise. These characteristics define the component model of exercise addiction (EA). The number of marathons or long-distance running has been increasing so do the participation of females every year from Delhi and NCR. This gives ground to understand the impact of EA in the said sample. The data was collected through a cluster sampling method in which 100 working females in the age group of 25 -50 were selected for filling up a questionnaire, and the data sample was from Delhi NCR. The Data was collected by using Exercise Addiction Inventory, Compulsory Running and Running Addiction Scale. Result revealed that Professional status does affect dysfunctional exercise behaviour, whereas, marital status has no association with dysfunctional exercise behaviour. Additionally, there is a high risk of prevalence of EA among 39% of female amateur runner