Studied variables | Definition |
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Big Five personality traits |  |
Extraversion | The dimension characterized by excitability, sociability, talkativeness, assertiveness, and high amounts of emotional expressiveness [8] |
Agreeableness | The dimension includes trust, sympathy and cooperation [8] |
Conscientiousness | The dimension encompasses a sense of competence and duty, and the desire to achievement and self-discipline [8] |
Neuroticism (the negative opposite of Emotional Stability) | The dimension consists of a tendency to experience chronic distressing emotion such as anxiety, guilt and frustration [8] |
Openness to experience (i.e. Openness) | The dimension encompasses imaginative, aesthetically sensitive, intellectual curiosity, and need for variety [8] |
Exercise dependence | A phenomenon that is characterized by abnormal exercise behaviors that negatively affect one’s personal and social life [37] |
Obsessive–compulsive disorder | Obsessive–compulsive disorder is characterized by unwanted instructive thoughts that caused anxiety or distress and are linked to greater possibility of developing into ritualistic behaviors to prevent or reduce distress [34] |
Eating disorders | Eating disorders are characterized, for instance, by severe disturbances in eating behavior and body image perception affecting the individual’s health and body weight [16] |