Construction of the Work Addiction Scale in adults

• Autores: Apaza Ramirez, Brandon, Pérez Coaquira, Maryuri
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2020
• Institución: Universidad Peruana Unión
• Repositorio: Revistas - Universidad Peruana Unión
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs2.revistas.upeu.edu.pe:article/1348
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistas.upeu.edu.pe/index.php/rc_salud/article/view/1348
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Addiction, work, obsession, compulsion, anxiety, isolation.; Adicción, trabajo, obsesión, compulsión, ansiedad, aislamiento.

Objective: to construct and evaluate the psychometric properties of an instrument that evaluates workaddiction in young people and adults between the ages of 20 to 66, who are necessarily workers.Methodology: in the first stage of the study, the conceptual delimitation of the construct and thepreliminary preparation of the instrument (8 items) with four response categories were carried out. Inthe second stage, a pilot sample of 239 people was administered. Results: content validity, obtainedscores above (.80), also, exploratory factor analysis was carried out in order to submit the theoreticaland dimensional nature of the construct to a rigorous analysis, reaching the KMO Sample AdequacyMeasure a score of (.891), it is also seen that the items form a single factor that explains 45.7% of thevariance and where their factor weights are high (> .50). Finally, the Cronbach’s alpha coefficient (.868)was obtained, being a valued score as an indicator of high reliability. Conclusion: the Work AddictionTest shows good internal consistency and construct validity.