Psychological detachment from work, an off-job experience of "switching off" mentally, seems to be crucial for promoting employee's well-being. Previous studies on predictors of psychological detachment mainly focused on job-related factors, and only a few studies focused on family-related and personal factors. This study focuses not only on job-related factors (job demands, job control, workpl...

Compulsive Internet Use (CIU) refers to a maladaptive relationship with the tool, including a loss of control over the use, the use for mood change and withdrawal symptoms. Most studies have relied on student samples, thus little is known about its prevalence in adults. The first objective of this study was to examine CIU in adults that were either employed (N=260) or unemployed within the last...

Compulsive Internet Use (CIU) refers to a maladaptive relationship with the tool, including a loss of control over the use, the use for mood change and withdrawal symptoms. Most studies have relied on student samples, thus little is known about its prevalence in adults. The first objective of this study was to examine CIU in adults that were either employed (N=260) or unemployed within the last...

The purpose of the present study is to examine mediating role work-home interaction (conflict and facilitation) in relationship between work engagement, workaholism (working compulsively excessively), respondents perception on how this influence their work-related health positively or negatively. Data were collected among Norwegian academics using KIWEST measure analyzed by Structural Equation ...

The aim of the present study was to examine psychometric properties Turkish version Bergen Work Addiction Scale (BWAS-T). sample comprised 448 participants (279 females and 169 males) who completed a survey including BWAS-T, Workaholism Battery (WorkBAT), Dutch (DUWAS), Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS). BWAS had good internal consistency (Cronbach’s α = .76). As expected, score on BWAS-T...

Workaholism refers to the uncontrollable need to work and comprises working compulsively (WC) and working excessively (WE). Compulsive Internet Use (CIU), involves a similar behavioural pattern although in specific relation to Internet use. Since many occupations rely upon use of the Internet, and the lines between home and the workplace have become increasingly blurred, a self-reinforcing patt...

Adequate energy management during the working day is essential for employees to remain healthy and vital. Research has investigated which energy management strategies are frequently used and which are most beneficial, but the results are inconclusive and research is still scarce. We aim to extend the current knowledge by considering individual differences in terms of working compulsively (as ke...

This research investigated the construct and criterion validity of English version Dutch Work Addiction Scale (DUWAS) within South African financial services context ( n = 345). A quantitative approach with a cross-sectional design was utilized to determine psychometric properties (DUWAS-10). Confirmatory factor analysis used latent variable modeling for structural path model validity. One work...

OBJECTIVE A small group of Parkinson's disease (PD) patients compulsively use dopaminergic drugs despite causing harmful social, psychological, and physical effects and fulfil core Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (of Mental Disorders) Fourth Edition criteria for substance dependence (dopamine dysregulation syndrome [DDS]). We aimed to evaluate levodopa-induced dopamine neurotransmission in th...