RISK OF ADDICTION TO WORK AND FAMILY FUNCTIONING

A total of 107 self-identified workaholics front across the United Sta tes and Canada responded to a set of inventories assessing their score s on the Work Addiction Risk Test and the correlations with current fa mily functioning. Individuals in the High-risk group, compared to thos e in the Low- and Medium-groups, were significantly more likely to per ceive their current families as having less effective problem-solving ability, worse communication, less clearly established family roles, f ewer affective responses, less affective involvement, and lower genera l family functioning.