Problematic overstudying, Big Five personality, and music performance anxiety: associations with well-being and GPA.

Background: Problematic overstudying is a compulsive and pathological overinvolvement in studying leading to harm and considerable functional impairments. It is conceptualized as "study addiction," a precursor to work addiction. It has been investigated within the addictive behaviours framework in general populations of students for over a decade.