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Evidencias de validez de la versión Brasileña de la escala de workaholism (adicción al trabajo) DUWAS

Translated title of the contribution: Validity evidence of the Dutch work addiction scale - Brazilian version
  • Ana Claudia Souza Vazquez*
  • , Clarissa Pinto Pizarro de Freitas
  • , Andressa Cyrre
  • , Claudio Simon Hutz
  • , Wilmar B. Schaufeli
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre
  • Salgado de Oliveira University
  • Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

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Abstract

Workaholism is characterized by a state of mind in which professionals work excessively and compulsively. This study aimed to evaluate the psychometric properties of two versions of the Dutch Work Addiction Scale (DUWAS-16 and DUWAS-10) for the Brazilian context. A total of 571 workers, 65.5% female, with a mean age of 36.4 years (SD = 10.8) participated in the study. The confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) of DUWAS-16 showed that the scale can be used by adopting a structure of two oblique factors (Working Excessively and Working Compulsively), or a one-dimensional structure (Addiction). The CFA of the DUWAS-10 reduced version suggests that either the one-dimensional structure (Addiction) or two oblique factors (Working Excessively and Working Compulsively) are adequate. The results indicated that DUWAS-10 can be considered superior to DUWAS-16 to evaluate the dimensions of workaholism in the Brazilian context.

Translated title of the contributionValidity evidence of the Dutch work addiction scale - Brazilian version
Original languageSpanish
Pages (from-to)69-78
Number of pages10
JournalAvaliacao Psicologica
Volume17
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2020

Keywords

  • Addiction to work
  • Psychological evaluation
  • Validity evidence

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