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Avaliação Psicológica

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VAZQUEZ, Ana Claudia Souza et al. Validity evidence of the dutch work addiction scale - brazilian version. Aval. psicol. [online]. 2018, vol.17, n.1, pp. 69-78. ISSN 1677-0471.  http://dx.doi.org/10.15689/ap.2017.1701.08.13288.

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.

Keywords : addiction to work; validity evidence; psychological evaluation.

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