Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1992, 74, 926.
O Perceptual and Motor Skills 1992
TEST-RETEST RELIABILITY OF T H E WORK ADDICTION RISK TEST ' BRYAN E. ROBINSON
PHYLLIS POST
ChiM and Family Development
CounseIing Center
JUDITH F. KHAKEE Department of Human Services University of North Carolina at Charlotte Summary.-Tesc-retest reliability of the Work Addiction Risk Test over 2 weeks was .83 for 151 undergraduates; coefficient a was .85.
Work addiction, commonly known as workaholism, has been recognized as a compulsive disorder relating to family dysfunction ( 1 , 2, 3). The novelty of work addiction and its associated problems in the helping professions prompted the development of a method to measure work addiction empirically. The 25-item Work Addiction Risk Test measures addictive working patterns with responses made on a scale in Likert format. Respondents read the statements and mark the anchor (strongly agree to strongly disagree) which describes their work habits. The present assessment of test-retest reliability was based on responses of 151 college students. In two undergraduate sociology classes students completed the test on two occasions, separated by two weeks. Subjects chose 1 (strongly agree) to 4 (strongly disagree) for each of 25 statements relating to compulsive work habits. The score is the sum of the ratings given for each statement and ranges from 25 to 100. The higher the scores the more workaddicted respondents perceive themselves to be. Means and standard deviations at Time 1 were 59.4 and 8.28 and at Time 2 59.5 and 8.54. The test-retest reliability from Times 1 and 2 was .83 (p
O Perceptual and Motor Skills 1992
TEST-RETEST RELIABILITY OF T H E WORK ADDICTION RISK TEST ' BRYAN E. ROBINSON
PHYLLIS POST
ChiM and Family Development
CounseIing Center
JUDITH F. KHAKEE Department of Human Services University of North Carolina at Charlotte Summary.-Tesc-retest reliability of the Work Addiction Risk Test over 2 weeks was .83 for 151 undergraduates; coefficient a was .85.
Work addiction, commonly known as workaholism, has been recognized as a compulsive disorder relating to family dysfunction ( 1 , 2, 3). The novelty of work addiction and its associated problems in the helping professions prompted the development of a method to measure work addiction empirically. The 25-item Work Addiction Risk Test measures addictive working patterns with responses made on a scale in Likert format. Respondents read the statements and mark the anchor (strongly agree to strongly disagree) which describes their work habits. The present assessment of test-retest reliability was based on responses of 151 college students. In two undergraduate sociology classes students completed the test on two occasions, separated by two weeks. Subjects chose 1 (strongly agree) to 4 (strongly disagree) for each of 25 statements relating to compulsive work habits. The score is the sum of the ratings given for each statement and ranges from 25 to 100. The higher the scores the more workaddicted respondents perceive themselves to be. Means and standard deviations at Time 1 were 59.4 and 8.28 and at Time 2 59.5 and 8.54. The test-retest reliability from Times 1 and 2 was .83 (p
