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Compulsive Exercise: Relationships with Personality Traits and Implications on Mental Health
Jiří Svoboda
Diskuze v psychologii X:X | DOI: 10.5507/dvp.2026.003 
Compulsive exercise (CE) represents a complex phenomenon characterized by rigid adherence to exercise regimens, the prioritization of physical activity over other areas of life, and pronounced psychological manifestations such as feelings of guilt, anxiety, and obsessive thoughts. This article focuses on the multidimensional nature of compulsive exercise, its behavioral and affective components, and, in particular, its associations with personality traits such as perfectionism, neuroticism, narcissism, low self-esteem, and obsessive-compulsive tendencies. Furthermore, the comorbidity with mental disorders-especially eating disorders, obsessive-compulsive...
Personality Organization, Attachment, and Affect Regulation as Predictors of Excessive Exercise
Jiří Svoboda, Roman Procházka, Petra Hypšová, Denis Veselý, Barbora Kňažek Považanová, Gabriel Kňažek, Lenka Růžičková
Diskuze v psychologii X:X | DOI: 10.5507/dvp.2026.004
The present research project responds to the current shift in the conceptualization of behavioral addictions and aims to clarify the etiopathogenesis of excessive exercise through an integrative psychodynamic model. The study seeks to determine whether personality organization types, operationalized according to Kernberg's model, and specific styles of insecure attachment predict the risk of excessive exercise. The study design uses a serial mediation model in which the relationship between personality pathology and excessive exercise is explained by the inability to process emotions (alexithymia) and a specific cognitive distortion of body image (muscle...