Vigorexia: Addiction, obsession or dismorfia; an attempt of approach / Vigorexia: adicción, obsesión o dismorfia; un intento de aproximación
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https://doi.org/10.21134/haaj.v7i2.75Keywords:
Adicción al ejercicio, anorexia nerviosa, dismorfia muscular, trastorno obsesivo compulsivo, Vigorexia. / Keywords, Exercise addition, muscle dysmorphia, nervous anorexia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, vigorexia.Abstract
El objetivo del presente estudio es un intento de aproximación al concepto de vigorexia. Se realiza una breve aproximación histórica y se incide en la prevalencia del problema. Se intenta definir adecuadamente el concepto. Posteriormente se realiza una definición diferencial con respecto a otros trastornos como la anorexia nerviosa, la adicción al ejercicio, el trastorno obsesivo-compulsivo (TOC), el Trastorno Dismórfico Corporal (TDC) o Muscular (TDM) y otros. Se estudia la posible etiología y algunos modelos actuales. Se concluye la conveniencia de realizar estudios empíricos diferenciales con respecto a otros conceptos relacionados.
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The aim of this study is an attempt of approach to the concept of vigorexia. A brief historical approach is made and it is affected the prevalence of the problem. It is tried to define the concept suitably. Later a definition is made differential with respect to other disorders like the nervous anorexia, the exercise addiction, the obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), the muscle dysmorphia disorder (MDD) and others. One studies the possible etiology and some present models. The convenience concludes of making empirical studies differentials with respect to other related concepts.
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