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Elisabete Borges1, Carlos Sequeira1, Teresa Martins1
1Escola Superior de Enfermagem do Porto, Center for Health Technology and Services Research (Cintesis), Porto, Portugal.
Objective:
To analyse the psychometric properties of the Dutch Work Addiction Scale in a sample of Portuguese nurses.
Method:
A methodological study was conducted with 1,030 Portuguese nurses. A sociodemographic/professional questionnaire and the Dutch Work Addiction Scale applied between October and December 2019.
Results:
The Confirmatory Factorial Analyses confirmed the factorial structure of two dimensions, namely Working Excessively (α = .730) and Working Compulsively (α = .752), grounded on the theoretical model of workaholism; the reliability values were considered adequate. Nurses presented a moderate level of workaholism, with a higher mean value for Working Excessively.
Conclusion:
The results raised the issue of workaholism and highlighted the need for further study. The Portuguese version of the DUWAS presented good psychometric characteristics and can be considered a valid and useful instrument to identify this problem.
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