Work Addiction as a Function of Family of Origin and Its Influence on Current Family Functioning

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This study examined the relationship between work addiction, family-of-0oigin dysfunction, and current family functioning among a national sample of 107 self-identified work-addicted respondents. Results indicate what clinicians have observed for years: that work addiction can interfere with intimate and social relationships and may lead some work-addicted individuals to recreate dysfunctional families in adulthood similar to the ones in which they were reared. Although there was no significant relationship between work addiction and family-of-origin dysfunction, work-addicted respondents who had sought help for their work habits were more likely to have grown up in dysfunctionalfamilies in which intimacy was low and to have more problems with intimate relationships in adulthood, compared with those who had never received help for their work habits.

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