title: The Work Addiction Risk Test: development of a tentative measure of workaholism.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Counseling, Special Education, and Child Development University of North Carolina, Charlotte 28223, USA.
authors.forename: B E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Robinson
mesh_terms: D016739:Behavior, Addictive / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D010552:Personality Assessment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D014434:Type A Personality; D014937:Work / Q000523:psychology*