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Ergophobia

Clinical and Motivational Phenomena

Ergophobia, also called ergasiophobia or ponophobia, is an extreme and debilitating fear associated with work, whether manual or non-manual labor, a fear of finding or losing employment, or a fear of specific workplace tasks. The term comes from the Greek ergon, work, and phobos, fear. Ergophobia is not specifically defined in the DSM-5, where it can be accounted for under the category of other specific phobia. Its features often overlap with social phobia or performance anxiety, including a fear of failing at assigned tasks, public speaking at work, socializing with co-workers, or emotional, psychological or physical injury on the job.

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Classification
Type of Phenomenon
Emotional Phenomenon 1
Diagnostic Chapter
Anxiety or Fear-Related Disorders 1
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Source Wikipedia: Ergophobia
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1. Wikipedia: Ergophobia
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  • lead section, phenomenon-kind classification
    This can include the fear of failing at assigned tasks, public speaking at the workplace, performance anxiety, fear of socialising with co-workers, and fear of emotional, psychological and/or physical injuries at work.
  • lead section, diagnostic classification
    Criteria can be accounted for under the category of "Other" specific phobia 300.
  • In Branch: Abnormal Psychology, Lead section
    Criteria can be accounted for under the category of "Other" specific phobia 300.29 (F40.298).
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