Instytut Psychologii, Wydział Nauk Społecznych, Uniwersytet Gdański

Abstrakt

The paper presents the results of ten years research on workaholism in Poland and their practical application in the form of the cognitive-behavioral model of workaholism. Based on the empirical results the following theoretical issues were formulated: (1) conception of personality antecedents of workaholism, (2) family antecedents of workaholism and (3) conceptualization of workaholism as work addiction – Work Craving Theory. The Work Craving Scale (WCS) was designed to measure work addiction. The elaborated cognitive-behavioral model of workaholism appears to provide an optimal choice for counsellors to consider in helping workaholic clients and might be useful for developing interventions and preventions programs.