Einleitung

Research into exercise dependence has utilised a variety of technique determined by the academic discipline to which the researcher adheres. Within psychology these techniques have mainly focused on self report data gathered by survey. The in-depth interview examination has been largely ignored in favour of questionnaires with only one real exception. In addition, the notion that exercise participant at additive levels can affect relationships has been proposed, accepted but nut fully explored. The aim of this paper was to investigate the impact of dependent exercise on interpersonal relationships by interviewing both participants of exercise in a variety of activities and their significant others. Einfuehrung