The Work Addiction Risk Test: development of a tentative measure of workaholism

Percept Mot Skills. 1999 Feb;88(1):199-210. doi: 10.2466/pms.1999.88.1.199.

Abstract

The development and analyses of the psychometric characteristics of a tentative self-report measure of work addiction are reported. A total of 363 college students completed a battery of tests including the Work Addiction Risk Test. Internal consistency of the scores was .88. Also, these scores were compared with those on the Type A Self-rating Scale and the Jenkins Activity Survey, which give self-reports of Type A behavior and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory. That scores on the work addiction risk test were reliable and showed concurrent validity supported psychometric utility for research and clinical practice.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Behavior, Addictive / diagnosis*
  • Behavior, Addictive / psychology
  • Humans
  • Personality Assessment / statistics & numerical data
  • Personality Inventory / statistics & numerical data
  • Psychometrics
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Terminology as Topic
  • Type A Personality
  • Work / psychology*