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Then work interferes with life
Study reveals new insight about common stressor
As many as 50 per cent of people
bring their work home with them regularly, according to new
research out of the University of Toronto that describes the
stress associated with work-life balance and the factors that
predict it.
Researchers measured the extent to which work interfering with
personal time using data from a national survey of 1,800
American workers. Sociology professor Scott Schieman (U of T)
and his co authors Melissa Milkie (University of Maryland) and
PhD student Paul Glavin (U of T) asked participants questions
like:
“How often does your job interfere with your social or leisure
activities?”; and
“How often do you think about things going on at work when you
are not working?”.
Schieman says,
“Nearly half of the population reports that these situations
occur “sometimes” or “frequently,” which is particularly
concerning given that the negative health impacts of an
imbalance between work life and private life are
well-documented.”
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