Heavy study investment in Spanish college students: psychometric properties of the studyholism inventories (SI-10 and SI-15)

Loscalzo and Giannini coined the term ‘Studyholism’ to define a new potential clinical condition associated with problematic overstudying. The Studyholism Inventory (SI-10) and the Studyholism Inventory — Extended Version (SI-15) are the instruments for its evaluation. We aimed to validate their Spanish translations and to define the SI-10 cut-off scores to screen the following types of student: engaged studyholic, disengaged studyholic, engaged student and detached student. We conducted Confirmatory Factor Analysis, convergent, divergent and concurrent validity analyses on 390 college students (M age = 30.34 ± 10.59). We found that the SI-10 and the SI-15 hold the factor structure and the good psychometric properties of the original versions. Also, the SI-10 cut-off scores for high and low Studyholism/Study Engagement arose as the same used for Italian students. Finally, Studyholism is widespread among Spanish college students, especially in the form of engaged Studyholism; hence, it deserves to be further studied in Spain