Psychometric properties of the Bergen Work Addiction Scale in a Greek sample of health professionals.
Bergen Work Addiction Scale
health professionals
validation
work addiction
Journal
Health psychology report
ISSN: 2353-5571
Titre abrégé: Health Psychol Rep
Pays: Poland
ID NLM: 101677269
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2023
2023
Historique:
received:
27
03
2022
revised:
02
09
2022
accepted:
04
09
2022
medline:
24
10
2022
pubmed:
24
10
2022
entrez:
12
12
2023
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Work 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. 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. The 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. Based 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.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Work 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
METHODS
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.
RESULTS
RESULTS
The 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.
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS
Based 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.
Identifiants
pubmed: 38084315
doi: 10.5114/hpr/153494
pii: 153494
pmc: PMC10670773
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
156-165Informations de copyright
Copyright © Institute of Psychology, University of Gdansk.
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