Non-drug Addiction: Addiction to Work

Atroszko, Paweł A.

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-92392-1_183

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“…A substantial portion of these deaths could be arguably attributed to compulsive overworking, which is strictly related to excessively high workload. Compulsive overworking has a prevalence rate from 8.3 to 20.6% in nationally representative samples of working populations, depending on the country (for an overview of prevalence data, see Atroszko, 2022a ) and is gradually recognized as a major epidemiological concern globally (compulsive overworking is often referred to as work addiction or workaholism; Griffiths et al, 2018 ; Balducci et al, 2020 ; Atroszko, 2022a , b ). Meta-analyses and reviews suggest that compulsive overworking could lead to occupational stress, deteriorated work engagement, job burnout, and eventually, a global burden of disease ( Patel, 2011 ; Clark et al, 2016 ; Di Stefano and Gaudiino, 2019 ; Atroszko et al, 2020a ).…”

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“…Several conceptualizations of compulsive overworking are present in the literature (e.g., Schaufeli et al, 2009 ; Vallerand et al, 2010 ; Snir and Harpaz, 2012 ; Loscalzo and Giannini, 2018 ; Atroszko et al, 2019 ; Clark et al, 2020 ), including the one using a behavioral addictions framework and labeling this phenomenon “work addiction” (for an overview, see Atroszko, 2022a , b ). Work addiction has been defined as “a compulsion to work and preoccupation with work activities leading to a significant harm and distress of a functionally impairing nature to the individual and/or other significantly relevant relationships (friends and family).…”

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“…Previous meta-analyses showed that work addiction was associated with stress and other stress-related psychological phenomena such as job demands, work-life balance, or work-family conflict ( Patel, 2011 ; Clark et al, 2016 ; Atroszko, 2022a , b ). Based on the definitions of the symptoms of work addiction, only four out of seven work addiction symptoms should be related to perceived stress.…”

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Work addiction, work engagement, job burnout, and perceived stress: A network analysis

2023

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IntroductionRecently, the network theory of mental disorders has been used to conceptualize work addiction as a dynamic system of symptoms in direct relationships. This study aimed to extend previous work by investigating the direct relationships of work addiction symptoms with dimensions of work engagement, job burnout, and perceived stress.MethodsThese phenomena were measured with the Bergen Work Addiction Scale, the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale, the Maslach Burnout Inventory–General Survey, and the Perceived Stress Scale. The sample comprised 676 working Poles with a mean age of 36.12 years (SD = 11.23). The network analysis followed the guidelines for estimating psychological networks from cross-sectional data.ResultsWork engagement and job burnout were more closely associated with each other than with work addiction which supports the notion that engagement and burnout represent polar opposites of the same construct and that work addiction is a separate phenomenon, related to both work engagement and job burnout via specific pathways. The symptoms of work addiction were connected with other phenomena through four direct relationships: (1) mood modification—absorption, (2) mood modification—stress, (3) withdrawal—absorption, and (4) problems—exhaustion.DiscussionThese findings narrow down and specify hypotheses regarding potential mechanisms leading from engagement to addiction and from addiction to burnout. The possible mechanisms focus on the absorption component and mood modification related to efforts focused on alleviating chronic stress and negative emotional states. In turn, problems arising from work addiction may lead to exhaustion. Future studies investigating these mechanisms in detail may enable proper prevention programs and therapeutic interventions.

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“…Work addiction is an emerging topic in organizational research, because it has a great impact on human resources (Kim, 2019). Evidence shows that work addiction is associated with negative working outcomes, with stress at work and high workload, namely burnout, and sickness absence (Atroszko, 2022;Matsudaira et al, 2013). However, various studies have shown the association of work addiction with negative non-work-related outcomes, such as deterioration of private life and social functioning (Azevedo & Mathias, 2017;Lichtenstein et al, 2019), marital disaffection and work-family conflict (Taylor et al, 2019), and health problems including depression (Serrano-Fernández et al, 2021), psychosomatic symptoms (Wojdylo et al, 2016) and sleeping disorders (Allam et al, 2021).…”

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“…Based on the results, HPs in the present study showed moderate levels of work addiction (mean 18.60). Although a recent study of Atroszko (2022) reporting data on work addiction from different countries and different categories of employees using the BWAS scale was found in the literature, these data do not concern HPs, which indicates the importance of assessing work addiction with the BWAS and in this category of employees. However, there are studies in the literature that have investigated work addiction in HPs with different measuring tools.…”

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Psychometric properties of the Bergen Work Addiction Scale in a Greek sample of health professionals

Bellali¹,

Minasidou²,

Galanis³

et al. 2022

Health Psychology Report

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BackgroundWork addiction it is an emerging topic in organizational research because it has a great impact on human resources, especial-ly in the health sector, and has led to the development of a number of valid assessment tools. Among work addiction scales, the Bergen Work Addiction Scale (BWAS) has good psychometric properties and a small number of items, and comes with a recommended cut-off for categorization of work addiction. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the BWAS in a Greek sample of health professionals (HPs) and to measure their work addiction.Participants and procedureA cross sectional study using an online questionnaire related to work addiction was completed by 542 HPs through the offi-cial websites of 8 secondary hospitals in Greece.ResultsThe level of HPs’ work addiction was moderate. The internal structure of the scale was satisfactory (α = .78). All seven items of the BWAS were significant and had standardized values above 0.48. Work addiction was significantly associated with older age and the profession of physician.ConclusionsBased on the findings of the present study, the Greek BWAS has good psychometric properties, such as good reliability, internal consistency and construct validity and is recommended as a suitable tool to assess work addiction in clinical settings and future research.

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Identifying individual vulnerabilities and problematic behaviors hindering musicians’ development: Obsessive–compulsive personality disorder versus study addiction

Atroszko,

Buźniak,

Woropay-Hordziejewicz

et al. 2023

Musicae Scientiae

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Individual vulnerabilities, such as particular personality characteristics, may be important risk factors that can hinder the development of young musicians and affect their professional careers. This study aimed to examine the relationship between obsessive–compulsive personality disorder (OCPD) and rigid perfectionism, study addiction, and well-being among music students. It was hypothesized that OCPD is a strong risk factor for addictive studying; compulsive learning, however, is an addictive disorder with its own etiology, symptomatology, epidemiology, and course. A total of 255 students from various music academies in Poland participated in the study. It used the Bergen Study Addiction Scale, assessing seven core addiction symptoms related to studying; Five-Factor Obsessive Compulsive Inventory; Perceived Stress Scale; Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; Three-Item Loneliness Scale; and a single-item measure of learning engagement. Both study addiction and OCPD showed positive relationships with stress, anxiety, depression, and loneliness. Multiple hierarchical regression analyses showed that study addiction was related to well-being above and beyond OCPD and was more strongly associated with compromised functioning. Furthermore, mediation analyses indicated that study addiction is a full mediator between OCPD and stress, as well as loneliness, and a partial mediator for anxiety and depression. Moderation analyses revealed that OCPD was related to well-being only for those participants who scored low for study addiction. There was no significant relationship between OCPD and well-being for participants who scored high for study addiction. These results strongly indicate that OCPD is an important risk factor for study addiction although these are different disorders. Like students with high levels of OCPD, students with high levels of study addiction but low levels of OCPD experience reduced well-being. The polythetic cut-off score showed that 24.6% of young musicians could be addicted to studying. Due to the high prevalence of this disorder, further systematic studies among young musicians are highly warranted to prevent and provide better help with the problem.

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Non-drug Addiction: Addiction to Work

Cited by 7 publications

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Work addiction, work engagement, job burnout, and perceived stress: A network analysis

Work addiction, work engagement, job burnout, and perceived stress: A network analysis

Psychometric properties of the Bergen Work Addiction Scale in a Greek sample of health professionals

Identifying individual vulnerabilities and problematic behaviors hindering musicians’ development: Obsessive–compulsive personality disorder versus study addiction

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