Risk of addiction to work and family functioning.
A total of 107 self-identified workaholics from across the United States and Canada responded to a set of inventories assessing their scores on the Work Addiction Risk Test and the correlations with current family functioning. Individuals in the High-risk group, compared to those in the Low- and Medium-groups, were significantly more likely to perceive their current families as having less effective problem-solving ability, worse communication, less clearly established family roles, fewer affective responses, less affective involvement, and lower general family functioning.
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Department of Counseling, Special Education and Child Development, University of North Carolina-Charlotte 28203, USA.
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D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D000368:Aged; D016739:Behavior, Addictive / Q000523:psychology*; D003142:Communication; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011340:Problem Solving; D012307:Risk Factors; D012657:Self-Help Groups