Evidências de Validade da Versão Brasileira da Escala de Workaholism (DUWAS-16) e sua versão breve (DUWAS-10)
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2018-01-01
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Vazquez, Ana Claudia Souza
De Freitas, Clarissa Pinto Pizarro
Cyrre, Andressa
Hutz, Claudio Simon
Schaufeli, Wilmar
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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.
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Addiction to work, Validity evidence, Psychological evaluation, professional orientation, visual deficieny, psychometry, test construction, General Psychology
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Vazquez, A C S, De Freitas, C P P, Cyrre, A, Hutz, C S & Schaufeli, W B 2018, 'Evidências de Validade da Versão Brasileira da Escala de Workaholism (DUWAS-16) e sua versão breve (DUWAS-10)', Avaliacao Psicologica, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 69-78. https://doi.org/10.15689/ap.2017.1701.08.13288