Diagnosing Football Addiction
With football available on television for 12 months of the year, it comes as little surprise that some football fans are taking things too far and developing a destructive dependence on the sport. Football addiction can lead to a number of problematic behavioural symptoms common to all addictions, including relationship neglect – forgetting spouse/partner/children’s names,failure in the workplace – forgetting that you have a job, and withdrawal symptoms – feeling ill or empty inside in the absence of televised football matches.
While football addiction is yet to be acknowledged, never mind taken seriously by the psychiatric establishment, those at the forefront of sports psychology have not failed to notice the rapid increase in pathological dependence on televised footballbrought about by the information age.
The following diagnostic scale was developed to assist you in determining whether you, your friends, or a member of your family has become addicted to football:
Football Addiction Questionnaire
Please provide a yes or no answer to the following questions and score yourself appropriately:
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