Work Addiction Risk Test (WART)
HR & WorkReliability: alpha 0.853 sample items
About this scale
A 25-item measure of work addiction risk across five facets: compulsive tendencies, control, impaired communication, self-absorption, and work-life impairment.
Sample item(s)
“I prefer to do things myself rather than ask for help (control)”
“I get angry when people don't meet my standards (compulsive)”
“I think about work even when not at work (self-absorption)”
Reliability
Reported internal consistency: alpha 0.85. As a rule of thumb, Cronbach’s α ≥ .70 is considered acceptable, ≥ .80 good, and ≥ .90 excellent for established measures.
Notes
Used in clinical workaholism research.
Source & citation
Robinson, B. E. (1999): The Work Addiction Risk Test: Development of a tentative measure of workaholism. Perceptual and Motor Skills, Vol. 88, No. 1, pp. 199–210.
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