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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: We studied the quality of the job-related emotional experiences associated with work addiction. We hypothesized that work addiction would fuel both a higher level of daily job-related negative affect and a lower level of daily job-related positive affect and that such affective experiences would mediate the relationship between work addiction and emotional exhaustion reported at the end of the working day. Additionally, in light of typical behaviors and cognitions associated with work addiction, we also hypothesized that work addiction would modify the relationships between day workload and same day emotional strain reactions (i.e., job-related negative affect and job-related positive affect). METHODS: Participants were 213 workers (42.5% female), most of whom holding a high-profile job position, who were followed for 10 consecutive working days in the context of a daily diary study. RESULTS: Multilevel analyses controlling for neuroticism revealed that work addiction was uniquely and positively related to daily job-related negative affect and that the latter mediated the relationship between work addiction and daily emotional exhaustion. On the other hand, work addiction was not negatively related to daily job-related positive affect; this relationship emerged only when removing neuroticism from the model. Additionally, work addiction strengthened the relationship between day workload and day job-related negative affect. DISCUSSION: Results indicate that work addicted are characterized by the experience of a negatively connotated affect during work, and that this kind of affect may be a mechanism explaining the work addiction-burnout relationship.
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Burnout, Professional , Emotions , Female , Humans , Male , Neuroticism , Surveys and Questionnaires , WorkloadABSTRACT
O estudo buscou identificar a prevalência e os fatores de risco sociodemográficos, laborais e psicossociais da adição ao trabalho em 471 trabalhadores de Porto Alegre e região metropolitana. Como instrumento, foi utilizado o "Dutch Work Addiction Scale" (DUWAS), versão reduzida. A escala avalia a adição ao trabalho em suas duas dimensões, o trabalho compulsivo e trabalho excessivo. Os resultados revelam que, dentre as variáveis sociodemográficas, somente a variável sexo assinalou diferença significativa, tendo as mulheres apresentado índices mais elevados em trabalho excessivo. Quanto às variáveis laborais, verificou-se associação positiva entre trabalho excessivo e carga horária contratual, e trabalho excessivo e carga horária efetivamente realizada. Houve associação negativa entre trabalho excessivo e percepção de estar saudável. O trabalho compulsivo se associou negativamente ao tempo de exercício profissional e de trabalho na empresa atual, bem como à percepção de estar saudável e à satisfação com a vida em geral.(AU)
The goal of this study is to identify sociodemographic, laboral and psychosocial risk factors of workaholism in 471 workers in Porto Alegre and metropolitan area. The instrument used was the reduced version of the Dutch Work Addiction Scale (DUWAS). The scale assesses workaholism in its two dimensions, excessive work and compulsive work. The results showed that from the sociodemographic variables, only the gender variable showed a significant difference, where women had higher rates of excessive work. As for the labor variables, excessive work had a positive association with contractual working hours and with working hours that were effectively carried out; and a negative association with the perception of being healthy. Compulsive work was negatively correlated to the time of professional practice and of work in the current company, to the perception of being healthy, and to satisfaction with life in general.(AU)
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Humans , Female , Adult , Employment/psychology , Behavior, Addictive/psychology , Work/psychology , Workload/psychology , Occupational Risks , Quality of LifeABSTRACT
O estudo buscou identificar a prevalência e os fatores de risco sociodemográficos, laborais e psicossociais da adição ao trabalho em 471 trabalhadores de Porto Alegre e região metropolitana. Como instrumento, foi utilizado o "Dutch Work Addiction Scale" (DUWAS), versão reduzida. A escala avalia a adição ao trabalho em suas duas dimensões, o trabalho compulsivo e trabalho excessivo. Os resultados revelam que, dentre as variáveis sociodemográficas, somente a variável sexo assinalou diferença significativa, tendo as mulheres apresentado índices mais elevados em trabalho excessivo. Quanto às variáveis laborais, verificou-se associação positiva entre trabalho excessivo e carga horária contratual, e trabalho excessivo e carga horária efetivamente realizada. Houve associação negativa entre trabalho excessivo e percepção de estar saudável. O trabalho compulsivo se associou negativamente ao tempo de exercício profissional e de trabalho na empresa atual, bem como à percepção de estar saudável e à satisfação com a vida em geral.
The goal of this study is to identify sociodemographic, laboral and psychosocial risk factors of workaholism in 471 workers in Porto Alegre and metropolitan area. The instrument used was the reduced version of the Dutch Work Addiction Scale (DUWAS). The scale assesses workaholism in its two dimensions, excessive work and compulsive work. The results showed that from the sociodemographic variables, only the gender variable showed a significant difference, where women had higher rates of excessive work. As for the labor variables, excessive work had a positive association with contractual working hours and with working hours that were effectively carried out; and a negative association with the perception of being healthy. Compulsive work was negatively correlated to the time of professional practice and of work in the current company, to the perception of being healthy, and to satisfaction with life in general.
