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Type-A Personality Competitiveness Component Linked to Increased Cardiovascular Risk is Positively Related to Study Addiction but Not to Study Engagement


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1 Institute of Psychology, and Institute of Pedagogy, University of Gdańsk, Street Address Bażyńskiego 4, 80-309 Gdańsk, Poland
2 Institute of Pedagogy, University of Gdańsk, Street Address Bażyńskiego 4, 80-309 Gdańsk, Poland
 

This research constitutes an initial effort to examine the relationship between study addiction, which is a newly conceptualized behavioural addiction, study engagement and type-A personality (TAP) linked to increased cardiovascular risk. Bergen Study Addiction Scale, Utrecht Work Engagement Scale-Student, and The Framingham Type-A Scale were used for this purpose. A total of 127 Polish students participated in the study. Study addiction was positively related to all components of study engagement and type-A personality traits. However, study engagement was not positively related to TAP traits when study addiction was controlled. The results provide further evidence that study addiction is a different construct than study engagement, and suggest that it is crucial to control study addiction whenever study engagement is being analysed.

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Cardiovascular Risk, Study Addiction, Study Engagement, Type-A Personality, Workaholism.
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Paweł A. Atroszko
Institute of Psychology, and Institute of Pedagogy, University of Gdańsk, Street Address Bażyńskiego 4, 80-309 Gdańsk, Poland
Bartosz Atroszko
Institute of Pedagogy, University of Gdańsk, Street Address Bażyńskiego 4, 80-309 Gdańsk, Poland

Abstract


This research constitutes an initial effort to examine the relationship between study addiction, which is a newly conceptualized behavioural addiction, study engagement and type-A personality (TAP) linked to increased cardiovascular risk. Bergen Study Addiction Scale, Utrecht Work Engagement Scale-Student, and The Framingham Type-A Scale were used for this purpose. A total of 127 Polish students participated in the study. Study addiction was positively related to all components of study engagement and type-A personality traits. However, study engagement was not positively related to TAP traits when study addiction was controlled. The results provide further evidence that study addiction is a different construct than study engagement, and suggest that it is crucial to control study addiction whenever study engagement is being analysed.

Keywords


Cardiovascular Risk, Study Addiction, Study Engagement, Type-A Personality, Workaholism.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv117%2Fi7%2F1184-1188