title: The relationship between study addiction and work addiction: A cross-cultural longitudinal study.
abstract: Aims Recent empirical studies investigating "study addiction" have conceptualized it as a behavioral addiction, defined within the framework of work addiction. This study is the first attempt to examine the longitudinal relationship between study addiction and work addiction. Methods The Bergen Study Addiction Scale (BStAS), the Bergen Work Addiction Scale (BWAS), and the Ten-Item Personality Inventory were administered online together with questions concerning demographics and study-related variables in two waves. In Wave 1, a total of 2,559 students in Norway and 2,177 students in Poland participated. A year later, in Wave 2, 379 Norwegians and 401 Polish who began to work professionally completed the survey. Results The intraclass correlation between BStAS and BWAS revealed that the scores were somewhat related; however, the relationship was slightly weaker than the temporal stability of both constructs. In the Norwegian sample, scoring higher on neuroticism and lower on learning time outside educational classes in Wave 1 was positively related to work addiction in Wave 2, whereas gender was unrelated to work addiction in Wave 2 when controlling for other studied variables in either samples. Conclusion Study addiction and work addiction appear to be closely related suggesting that the former may be a precursor for (or an early form of) the latter.
authors.affiliation: 1 Institute of Psychology, University of Gdańsk , Gdańsk, Poland.
authors.forename: Paweł A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Atroszko
authors.affiliation: 2 Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Bergen , Bergen, Norway.
authors.forename: Cecilie Schou
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Andreassen
authors.affiliation: 3 Division of Psychology, Nottingham Trent University , Nottingham, UK.
authors.forename: Mark D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Griffiths
authors.affiliation: 4 Department of Psychosocial Science, University of Bergen , Bergen, Norway.
authors.forename: Ståle
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pallesen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D016739:Behavior, Addictive / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D000075384:Neuroticism; D009664:Norway / Q000453:epidemiology; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012737:Sex Factors; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013997:Time Factors; D014937:Work / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: longitudinal study; personality; study addiction; work addiction; workaholism