Work Addiction Predictors and Adverse Psychological Effects

Published: 20 January 2025| Version 1 | DOI: 10.17632/z2s7f9xysy.1
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Attila Szabo

Description

Workaholism negatively impacts individuals' personal and social well-being. This study examined predictors of workaholism and differences between work-addicted and non-addicted managers and entrepreneurs using eight psychological measures. Of 200 participants, 29% were classified as workaholics based on the Bergen Work Addiction Scale (BWAS). Workaholics differed significantly from non-addicted individuals on all psychological measures, with poorer physical and mental health and sleep quality. The findings suggest that using tools like the BWAS can aid in identifying workaholism and guiding prevention efforts by addressing its predictors.

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Use the Bergen Work Addiction Scale to classify work addicts and non addicts. Measure passion (obsessive and harmonious), perceived stress, well-being, family causing work conflict, work causing family conflict, two dimensions of burnout (exhaustion and disengagement), perceived mental and physical health as well as sleep quality (bad, average, good, very good), and then conduct a binary logistic regression to see how the predictors identify the groups. Finally, perform a MANOVA and chi-square for frequency data to check group differences.

Institutions

Szechenyi Istvan Egyetem

Categories

Psychiatry, Management, Addiction, Mental Health, Employment, Workplace, Burnout

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