Workaholism is characterized by excessive devotion of time and energy to work while also including intrinsic motivation, ongoing work-related thoughts, negative emotions when one is not working, and working beyond the demands of one’s job. In the past years workaholism has been extensively studied, yet its operationalisation has been deficient especially considering that it is a multidimensional concept. This study aimed to translate and adapt the recently developed Multidimensional Workaholism Scale (MWS; Clark et al., 2020) into Slovene and examine the Slovenian version’s psychometric characteristics. The sample consisted of 279 work-active participants, 66,7 % of whom were women. Confirmatory factor analysis revealed that the bifactorial model fits the data best, albeit not optimally. Moreover, the reliability coefficients revealed satisfactory internal consistency across all dimensions and the total score. We also evaluated the constructive validity, finding it satisfactory as the correlations with other constructs aligned with previous research findings. In sum, the results indicate satisfactory reliability and validity of the Slovenian version of the Multidimensional Workaholism Scale. Future studies on larger samples are recommended to further examine its psychometric characteristics.
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