TY - JOUR
T1 - Why is perfectionism a risk factor for workaholism? The mediating role of irrational beliefs at work
AU - Falco, Alessandra
AU - Dal Corso, Laura
AU - Girardi, Damiano
AU - De Carlo, Alessandro
AU - Barbieri, Barbara
AU - Boatto, Tania
AU - Schaufeli, Wilmar B.
PY - 2017/12/1
Y1 - 2017/12/1
N2 - This study investigates the role of irrational beliefs at work in two samples of workers. The first aim was to evaluate the psychometric properties of an Italian adaptation of the Work-related Irrational Beliefs Questionnaire (WIB-Q; Van Wijhe, Peeters, & Schaufeli, 2013). Several confirmatory factor analyses (CFAs), including multiple-group CFAs, supported the four-factor structure (i.e., performance demands, coworkers' approval, failure, and control) of the WIB-Q in both samples. Additionally, the WIB-Q showed satisfactory convergent, discriminant, and criterion-related validity. The second aim of this study was to test a theoretical model in which irrational beliefs at work mediate the association between two dimensions of perfectionism - self-oriented perfectionism (SOP) and socially prescribed perfectionism (SPP) - and workaholism. Failure mediated the association between SOP/SPP and workaholism, whereas the mediating effect of performance demands was marginally significant. Overall, the results of this study suggest that interventions aimed at preventing workaholism should target perfectionists' work-related irrational beliefs related to failure and performance demands.
AB - This study investigates the role of irrational beliefs at work in two samples of workers. The first aim was to evaluate the psychometric properties of an Italian adaptation of the Work-related Irrational Beliefs Questionnaire (WIB-Q; Van Wijhe, Peeters, & Schaufeli, 2013). Several confirmatory factor analyses (CFAs), including multiple-group CFAs, supported the four-factor structure (i.e., performance demands, coworkers' approval, failure, and control) of the WIB-Q in both samples. Additionally, the WIB-Q showed satisfactory convergent, discriminant, and criterion-related validity. The second aim of this study was to test a theoretical model in which irrational beliefs at work mediate the association between two dimensions of perfectionism - self-oriented perfectionism (SOP) and socially prescribed perfectionism (SPP) - and workaholism. Failure mediated the association between SOP/SPP and workaholism, whereas the mediating effect of performance demands was marginally significant. Overall, the results of this study suggest that interventions aimed at preventing workaholism should target perfectionists' work-related irrational beliefs related to failure and performance demands.
KW - Mediating effect
KW - Self-oriented perfectionism
KW - Socially prescribed perfectionism
KW - Work-related Irrational Beliefs
KW - Workaholism
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85038397891&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.4473/TPM24.4.8
DO - 10.4473/TPM24.4.8
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85038397891
SN - 1972-6325
VL - 24
SP - 583
EP - 600
JO - TPM - Testing, Psychometrics, Methodology in Applied Psychology
JF - TPM - Testing, Psychometrics, Methodology in Applied Psychology
IS - 4
ER -