Study Addiction – A New Area of Psychological Study: Conceptualization Assessment and Preliminary Empirical Findings

摘要

AimsRecent research has suggested that for some individuals, educational studying may become compulsive and excessive and lead to ‘study addiction’. The present study conceptualized and assessed study addiction within the framework of workaholism, defining it as compulsive over-involvement in studying that interferes with functioning in other domains and that is detrimental for individuals and/or their environment.