ReviewJournal of behavioral addictions2018
Ten myths about work addiction.
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- The Test Based on Meta-Analysis on "Does Workaholism Prefer Task Performance or Contextual Performance?"Frontiers in psychology · 2022Pooled it
- Work addiction and personality: A meta-analytic study.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2020Pooled it
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- Responding to old problems in the Dutch work addiction scale: a psychometric approach in a Peruvian sample.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- The Role of Personality in Explaining Burnout, Work Addiction, and Stress-Related Growth in Prehospital Emergency Personnel.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Exploring the associations between work addiction, emotional intelligence, psychological detachment, and interpersonal conflicts in young employees.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- "What Is Essential Is Invisible to the Eyes": A Short Italian Version of the Spirit at Work Scale in Healthcare.International journal of public health · 2025Article
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- Work addiction, emotional dysregulation, addictive eating, and physical health among full-time employees in the United States.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
aimsResearch into work addiction has steadily grown over the past decade. However, the literature is far from unified and there has been much debate on many different issues. AIM AND
methodsThis paper comprises a narrative review and focuses on 10 myths about work addiction that have permeated the psychological literature and beyond. The 10 myths examined are (a) work addiction is a new behavioral addiction, (b) work addiction is similar to other behavioral addictions, (c) there are only psychosocial consequences of work addiction, (d) work addiction and workaholism are the same thing, (e) work addiction exclusively occurs as a consequence of individual personality factors, (f) work addiction only occurs in adulthood, (g) some types of work addiction are positive, (h) work addiction is a transient behavioral pattern related to situational factors, (i) work addiction is a function of the time spent engaging in work, and (j) work addiction is an example of overpathogizing everyday behavior and it will never be classed as a mental disorder in the DSM.
resultsUsing the empirical literature to date, it is demonstrated that there is evidence to counter each of the 10 myths.
conclusionIt appears that the field is far from unified and that there are different theoretical constructs underpinning different strands of research.
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