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ArticleHealth psychology report2023

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

Thalia Bellali, Evgenia Minasidou, Petros Galanis, Chrysovalantis Karagkounis, Polixeni Liamopoulou, Georgios Manomenidis

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Article in Health psychology report, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Thalia BellaliDepartment of Nursing, International Hellenic University of Greece, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Evgenia MinasidouDepartment of Nursing, International Hellenic University of Greece, Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1346-8852
Petros GalanisCenter for Health Services Management (CHESME), National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), Athens, Greece.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1308-5782
Chrysovalantis KaragkounisDepartment of Social Welfare, Education and Equality, Municipality of Katerini, Katerini, Greece.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3200-5063
Polixeni LiamopoulouDepartment of Nursing, International Hellenic University of Greece, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Georgios ManomenidisDepartment of Internal Medicine General Hospital of Ptolemaida, Ptolemaida, Greece.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2481-4335
International Hellenic University · GRNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GRPoole Hospital · GB

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Abstract

backgroundWork addiction it is an emerging topic in organizational research because it has a great impact on human resources, especially 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 PROCEDURE: A cross sectional study using an online questionnaire related to work addiction was completed by 542 HPs through the official 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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Bergen Work Addiction Scalehealth professionalsvalidationwork addiction

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