Next, scholars analyzed workers’ mood and their perception of workload using a technique called the “experience sampling method.”
This was done using an app installed on the participants’ phones, which allowed them to send short questionnaires approximately every 90 minutes, from 9 am to 6 pm, during three working days (Monday, Wednesday and Friday). Was allowing.
“The data collected shows that the majority of workers have a worse mood, on average, than others,” says Balducci.
“So, it does not seem to be true that people who are work addicted get more pleasure from their work activity; Quite the contrary, the results seem to confirm that, like other forms of behavioral and substance addiction, the initial euphoria gives way to a negative emotional state that persists even during work.
The results also demonstrate that, unlike other workers, workaholics, on average, maintain consistently more negative mood throughout the day, with no significant change due to the passage of time or fluctuations in workload.