Development of a work addiction scale

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 265-272

  Andreassen, Cecilie Schou ^a,b   Griffiths, Mark D ^c   Hetland, Jørn ^a   Pallesen, Ståle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b Bergen Clinics Foundation   (Norway)

^c NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Psychometrics; Scale; Work addiction; Workaholism

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; WORK;

ADULT; AFFECT; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WORK;

EID: 84861461873     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: 14679450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.2012.00947.x     Document Type: Article

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