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The network analysis followed the guidelines for estimating psychological networks from cross-sectional data.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Work engagement and job burnout were more closely associated with each other than with work addiction which supports the notion that engagement and burnout represent polar opposites of the same construct and that work addiction is a separate phenomenon, related to both work engagement and job burnout <jats:italic>via<\/jats:italic> specific pathways. The symptoms of work addiction were connected with other phenomena through four direct relationships: (1) mood modification\u2014absorption, (2) mood modification\u2014stress, (3) withdrawal\u2014absorption, and (4) problems\u2014exhaustion.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title><jats:p>These findings narrow down and specify hypotheses regarding potential mechanisms leading from engagement to addiction and from addiction to burnout. The possible mechanisms focus on the absorption component and mood modification related to efforts focused on alleviating chronic stress and negative emotional states. In turn, problems arising from work addiction may lead to exhaustion. 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