The International Work Addiction Scale (IWAS): A screening tool for clinical and organizational applications validated in 85 cultures from six continents

Edyta CharzyńSka; Aleksandra BuźNiak; Stanisław K. CzerwińSki; Natalia Woropay-Hordziejewicz; Zuzanna Schneider; Toivo Aavik; Mladen Adamowic; Byron G. Adams; Sami M. Al-Mahjoob; Saad A.S. Almoshawah; Jim Arrowsmith; Stephen Asatsa; Stéphanie Austin; Shahnaz Aziz; Arnold B. Bakker; Cristian Balducci; Eduardo Barros; Sergiu BăLțăTescu; Dana Bdier; Nitesh Bhatia; Snezana Bilic; Diana Boer; Avner Caspi; Trawin Chaleeraktrakoon; Connie I.M. Chan; Chung Jen Chien; Hoon Seok Choi; Rajneesh Choubisa; Marilyn Clark; Ðorđe Čekrlija; Zsolt Demetrovics; Eglantina Dervishi; Piyanjali D.E. De Zoysa; Alejandra Del Carmen Domínguez Espinosa; Sonya Dragova-Koleva; Vasiliki Efstathiou; Maria Eugenia Fernandez; Claude Fernet; Hesham F. Gadelrab; Vladimer Gamsakhurdia; Ragna Benedikta Garoarsdóttir; Luis Eduardo Garrido; Nicolas Gillet; Sónia P. Gonçalves; Mark D. Griffiths; Naira Rafik Hakobyan; Fatimah Wati Halim; Michel Hansenne; Bashar Banwan Hasan; Mari Herttalampi; Clifford K. Hlatywayo; Ivana Hromatko; Eric Raymond Igou; Dzintra Iliško; Ulker Isayeva; Hussein Nabil Ismail; Dorthe Høj Jensen; Paul Kakupa; Shanmukh Kamble; Ahmed Kerriche; Bettina Kubicek; Nuworza Kugbey; Bernadette Kun; J. Hannah Lee; Elena Lisá; Yanina Lisun; María Laura Lupano Perugini; Francesco Marcatto; Biljana Maslovarić; Koorosh Massoudi; Tracy A. McFarlane; Samson John Mgaiwa; Seyyed Taha Moosavi Jahanabad; Rodrigo Moreta-Herrera; Hang Thi Minh Nguyen; Yohsuke Ohtsubo; Tuğba Özsoy; Kjell Ivar Øvergård; Ståle Pallesen; Jane Parker; Nejc Plohl; Halley M. Pontes; Rachael Potter; Alan Roe; Adil Samekin; Marion K. Schulmeyer; Telman Z. Seisembekov; María José Serrano-Fernández; Ghada Shahrour; Jelena Sladojević Matić; Rosita Sobhie; Paola Spagnoli; Joana Story; Mark J.M. Sullman; Liliya Sultanova; Ruimei Sun; Angela Oktavia Suryani; Steve Sussman; Mendiola Teng-Calleja; Julio Torales; Germano Vera Cruz; Anise M.S. Wu; Xue Yang; Katerina Zabrodska; Arunas Ziedelis; Paweł A. Atroszko

doi:10.1556/2006.2025.00005

The International Work Addiction Scale (IWAS): A screening tool for clinical and organizational applications validated in 85 cultures from six continents

Edyta CharzyńSka
, Aleksandra BuźNiak
, Stanisław K. CzerwińSki
, Natalia Woropay-Hordziejewicz
, Zuzanna Schneider
, Toivo Aavik
, Mladen Adamowic
, Byron G. Adams
, Sami M. Al-Mahjoob
, Saad A.S. Almoshawah
, Jim Arrowsmith
, Stephen Asatsa
, Stéphanie Austin
, Shahnaz Aziz
, Arnold B. Bakker
, Cristian Balducci
, Eduardo Barros
, Sergiu BăLțăTescu
, Dana Bdier
, Nitesh Bhatia

Snezana Bilic, Diana Boer, Avner Caspi, Trawin Chaleeraktrakoon, Connie I.M. Chan, Chung Jen Chien, Hoon Seok Choi, Rajneesh Choubisa, Marilyn Clark, Ðorđe Čekrlija, Zsolt Demetrovics, Eglantina Dervishi, Piyanjali D.E. De Zoysa, Alejandra Del Carmen Domínguez Espinosa, Sonya Dragova-Koleva, Vasiliki Efstathiou, Maria Eugenia Fernandez, Claude Fernet, Hesham F. Gadelrab, Vladimer Gamsakhurdia, Ragna Benedikta Garoarsdóttir, Luis Eduardo Garrido, Nicolas Gillet, Sónia P. Gonçalves, Mark D. Griffiths, Naira Rafik Hakobyan, Fatimah Wati Halim, Michel Hansenne, Bashar Banwan Hasan, Mari Herttalampi, Clifford K. Hlatywayo, Ivana Hromatko, Eric Raymond Igou, Dzintra Iliško, Ulker Isayeva, Hussein Nabil Ismail, Dorthe Høj Jensen, Paul Kakupa, Shanmukh Kamble, Ahmed Kerriche, Bettina Kubicek, Nuworza Kugbey, Bernadette Kun, J. Hannah Lee, Elena Lisá, Yanina Lisun, María Laura Lupano Perugini, Francesco Marcatto, Biljana Maslovarić, Koorosh Massoudi, Tracy A. McFarlane, Samson John Mgaiwa, Seyyed Taha Moosavi Jahanabad, Rodrigo Moreta-Herrera, Hang Thi Minh Nguyen, Yohsuke Ohtsubo, Tuğba Özsoy, Kjell Ivar Øvergård, Ståle Pallesen, Jane Parker, Nejc Plohl, Halley M. Pontes, Rachael Potter, Alan Roe, Adil Samekin, Marion K. Schulmeyer, Telman Z. Seisembekov, María José Serrano-Fernández, Ghada Shahrour, Jelena Sladojević Matić, Rosita Sobhie, Paola Spagnoli, Joana Story, Mark J.M. Sullman, Liliya Sultanova, Ruimei Sun, Angela Oktavia Suryani, Steve Sussman, Mendiola Teng-Calleja, Julio Torales, Germano Vera Cruz, Anise M.S. Wu, Xue Yang, Katerina Zabrodska, Arunas Ziedelis, Paweł A. Atroszko

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	220-245
Number of pages	26
Journal	Journal of Behavioral Addictions
Volume	14
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1556/2006.2025.00005
State	Published - Mar 28 2025

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This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

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Medicine (miscellaneous)
Clinical Psychology
Psychiatry and Mental health

Keywords

Bergen Work Addiction Scale
compulsive overworking
cross-cultural
validation study
work addiction
workaholism

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CharzyńSka, E., BuźNiak, A., CzerwińSki, S. K., Woropay-Hordziejewicz, N., Schneider, Z., Aavik, T., Adamowic, M., Adams, B. G., Al-Mahjoob, S. M., Almoshawah, S. A. S., Arrowsmith, J., Asatsa, S., Austin, S., Aziz, S., Bakker, A. B., Balducci, C., Barros, E., BăLțăTescu, S., Bdier, D., ... Atroszko, P. A. (2025). The International Work Addiction Scale (IWAS): A screening tool for clinical and organizational applications validated in 85 cultures from six continents. Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 14(1), 220-245. https://doi.org/10.1556/2006.2025.00005

The International Work Addiction Scale (IWAS): A screening tool for clinical and organizational applications validated in 85 cultures from six continents. / CharzyńSka, Edyta; BuźNiak, Aleksandra; CzerwińSki, Stanisław K. et al.
In: Journal of Behavioral Addictions, Vol. 14, No. 1, 28.03.2025, p. 220-245.

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CharzyńSka, E, BuźNiak, A, CzerwińSki, SK, Woropay-Hordziejewicz, N, Schneider, Z, Aavik, T, Adamowic, M, Adams, BG, Al-Mahjoob, SM, Almoshawah, SAS, Arrowsmith, J, Asatsa, S, Austin, S, Aziz, S, Bakker, AB, Balducci, C, Barros, E, BăLțăTescu, S, Bdier, D, Bhatia, N, Bilic, S, Boer, D, Caspi, A, Chaleeraktrakoon, T, Chan, CIM, Chien, CJ, Choi, HS, Choubisa, R, Clark, M, Čekrlija, Ð, Demetrovics, Z, Dervishi, E, De Zoysa, PDE, Del Carmen Domínguez Espinosa, A, Dragova-Koleva, S, Efstathiou, V, Fernandez, ME, Fernet, C, Gadelrab, HF, Gamsakhurdia, V, Garoarsdóttir, RB, Garrido, LE, Gillet, N, Gonçalves, SP, Griffiths, MD, Hakobyan, NR, Halim, FW, Hansenne, M, Hasan, BB, Herttalampi, M, Hlatywayo, CK, Hromatko, I, Igou, ER, Iliško, D, Isayeva, U, Ismail, HN, Jensen, DH, Kakupa, P, Kamble, S, Kerriche, A, Kubicek, B, Kugbey, N, Kun, B, Lee, JH, Lisá, E, Lisun, Y, Lupano Perugini, ML, Marcatto, F, Maslovarić, B, Massoudi, K, McFarlane, TA, Mgaiwa, SJ, Moosavi Jahanabad, ST, Moreta-Herrera, R, Nguyen, HTM, Ohtsubo, Y, Özsoy, T, Øvergård, KI, Pallesen, S, Parker, J, Plohl, N, Pontes, HM, Potter, R, Roe, A, Samekin, A, Schulmeyer, MK, Seisembekov, TZ, Serrano-Fernández, MJ, Shahrour, G, Matić, JS, Sobhie, R, Spagnoli, P, Story, J, Sullman, MJM, Sultanova, L, Sun, R, Suryani, AO, Sussman, S, Teng-Calleja, M, Torales, J, Vera Cruz, G, Wu, AMS, Yang, X, Zabrodska, K, Ziedelis, A & Atroszko, PA 2025, 'The International Work Addiction Scale (IWAS): A screening tool for clinical and organizational applications validated in 85 cultures from six continents', Journal of Behavioral Addictions, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 220-245. https://doi.org/10.1556/2006.2025.00005

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