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      A daily diary investigation on the job-related affective experiences fueled by work addiction

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          Abstract

          Background and aims

          We studied the quality of the job-related emotional experiences associated with work addiction. We hypothesized that work addiction would fuel both a higher level of daily job-related negative affect and a lower level of daily job-related positive affect and that such affective experiences would mediate the relationship between work addiction and emotional exhaustion reported at the end of the working day. Additionally, in light of typical behaviors and cognitions associated with work addiction, we also hypothesized that work addiction would modify the relationships between day workload and same day emotional strain reactions (i.e., job-related negative affect and job-related positive affect).

          Methods

          Participants were 213 workers (42.5% female), most of whom holding a high-profile job position, who were followed for 10 consecutive working days in the context of a daily diary study.

          Results

          Multilevel analyses controlling for neuroticism revealed that work addiction was uniquely and positively related to daily job-related negative affect and that the latter mediated the relationship between work addiction and daily emotional exhaustion. On the other hand, work addiction was not negatively related to daily job-related positive affect; this relationship emerged only when removing neuroticism from the model. Additionally, work addiction strengthened the relationship between day workload and day job-related negative affect.

          Discussion

          Results indicate that work addicted are characterized by the experience of a negatively connotated affect during work, and that this kind of affect may be a mechanism explaining the work addiction-burnout relationship.

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                Contributors
                Journal
                2006
                Journal of Behavioral Addictions
                JBA
                Akadémiai Kiadó (Budapest )
                2062-5871
                2063-5303
                15 January 2021
                30 December 2020
                : 9
                : 4
                : 967-977
                Affiliations
                [1 ] Department of Psychology; University of Bologna , Viale Berti Pichat, 5, 40127 Bologna, Italy
                [2 ] Department of Psychology, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli” , Viale Ellittico, 31, 81100 Caserta, Italy
                [3 ] Department of Psychology and Cognitive Science, University of Trento , Corso Bettini, 31, 38068 Rovereto, Trentino, Italy
                [4 ] Department of Psychology, University of Georgia , 125 Baldwin Street, 30602, Athens, GA, USA
                Author notes
                [* ]Corresponding author. E-mail: cristian.balducci3@ 123456unibo.it
                Author information
                https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5998-9971
                Article
                10.1556/2006.2020.00102
                8969717
                33399545
                e5e8f892-be1c-46cc-8711-4cb656becb7a
                © 2020 The Author(s)

                Open Access. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium for non-commercial purposes, provided the original author and source are credited, a link to the CC License is provided, and changes – if any – are indicated.

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                : 04 May 2020
                : 14 October 2020
                : 30 November 2020
                : 05 December 2020
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                Figures: 3, Tables: 1, Equations: 0, References: 70, Pages: 11
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                Medicine,Psychology,Social & Behavioral Sciences,Clinical Psychology & Psychiatry
                excessive work investment,daily diary research,compulsive work,work addiction,job-related affect

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