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ABSTRACT

This article attempts to demonstrate the empirical distinctiveness of workaholism, and work engagement by examining their interrelationships as well as their relationships with other variables of health: psychology and physical wellbeing, in a sample of 143 workers. Instruments: Dutch Work Addiction Scale, Utrecht Work Engagement Scale, Questionnaire of Psychological Wellbeing and Questionnaire of Symptoms of Stress. The validity internal of model was confirmed. The results showed significant positive correlations between work engagement and dimensions with workaholism (WE: r=0.276, vigor: r=0.207, dedication: r=0.164 and absorption: r=0.331), with a greater effect on absorption. The workaholism presented significant positive correlations with symptoms of stress (r=0.269) and negative with psychological wellbeing (r=-0.191). The work engagement, vigor and dedication, revealed significant positive correlations with psychological wellbeing (r=0.223, r=0.273 and r=0.315, respectively), and the dedication showed significant negative correlations with symptoms of stress (r=-0.202). The results emphasize the importance of engagement as a way to avoid the prevalence of stress among workers, from the perspective of Positive Psychology and focus the workaholism, occupational psycho-social pathology. Although in our sample workaholism and engagement can be separated empirically, the relationships among the two constructs are more complex than expected.