Work Addiction Among Employees and Self-Employed Workers: An Investigation Based on the Italian Version of the Bergen Work Addiction Scale.

IF 1.8 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Europes Journal of Psychology Pub Date : 2022-08-31 eCollection Date: 2022-08-01 DOI:10.5964/ejop.2607

Monica Molino, Liliya Scafuri Kovalchuk, Chiara Ghislieri, Paola Spagnoli

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Abstract

The increasing interest in work addiction is connected to recent changes in the work culture and work habits. Despite this interest, knowledge pertaining to this phenomenon and measures to assess it are still limited. This study aims to contribute by examining the psychometric features of the Italian version of the Bergen Work Addiction Scale, a unidimensional scale based on the perspective of addiction. The research method consisted in two steps: in the first cross-sectional study, a convenience sample of 1,035 workers filled in a self-report questionnaire; the second step was a two-wave longitudinal study that involved a convenience sample of 292 workers. Results confirmed the psychometric properties of the scale across employees and self-employed groups. Moreover, results showed a significantly higher level of work addiction among self-employed workers than employees. This study provides support for the evaluation of workaholism in the Italian context among different kind of professions.

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雇员和个体经营者的工作成瘾:基于意大利版卑尔根工作成瘾量表的调查。

人们对工作成瘾的兴趣越来越大，这与最近工作文化和工作习惯的变化有关。尽管有这种兴趣，有关这一现象的知识和评估措施仍然有限。本研究旨在通过考察意大利版卑尔根工作成瘾量表的心理测量特征，这是一个基于成瘾视角的单维量表。研究方法分为两步:第一步是横断面研究，让1035名员工填写一份自我报告问卷;第二步是一项两波纵向研究，涉及292名工人的方便样本。结果证实了该量表在雇员和个体经营者群体中的心理测量特性。此外，研究结果显示，个体经营者的工作成瘾程度明显高于普通雇员。本研究为意大利不同职业背景下的工作狂评价提供了支持。

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