%0 Journal Article
%T Psychometric properties of the Bergen Work Addiction Scale in a Greek sample of health professionals.
%A Bellali T
%A Minasidou E
%A Galanis P
%A Karagkounis C
%A Liamopoulou P
%A Manomenidis G
%J Health Psychol Rep
%V 11
%N 2
%D 2023
%M 38084315
暂无%R 10.5114/hpr/153494
%X BACKGROUND: Work addiction it is an emerging topic in organizational research because it has a great impact on human resources, especially in the health sector, and has led to the development of a number of valid assessment tools. Among work addiction scales, the Bergen Work Addiction Scale (BWAS) has good psychometric properties and a small number of items, and comes with a recommended cut-off for categorization of work addiction. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the BWAS in a Greek sample of health professionals (HPs) and to measure their work addiction.
METHODS: A cross sectional study using an online questionnaire related to work addiction was completed by 542 HPs through the official websites of 8 secondary hospitals in Greece.
RESULTS: The level of HPs' work addiction was moderate. The internal structure of the scale was satisfactory (α = .78). All seven items of the BWAS were significant and had standardized values above 0.48. Work addiction was significantly associated with older age and the profession of physician.
CONCLUSIONS: Based on the findings of the present study, the Greek BWAS has good psychometric properties, such as good reliability, internal consistency and construct validity and is recommended as a suitable tool to assess work addiction in clinical settings and future research.