Talk:Work–life balance

Updating the Citation

I would like to update the citation to the correct format, from that below:

The structural functionalism theory, which emerged following WWII, was largely influenced from the industrial revolution and the changes in the social role of men and women during this period. This theory implies that the life is concerned mainly with two separate spheres: productive life which happens in the workplace and affective life which is at home. Structural functionalism theory believes in the existence of radical separation between work (institution, workplace, or market) and families. According to this theory, these two (workplace and family) work best "when men and women specialize their activities in separate spheres, women at home doing expressive work and men in the workplace performing instrumental tasks" (Kingsbury & Scanzoni, 1993; as cited in MacDermid, 2005: 18).

Found the original source which is a chapter in a book at https://experts.umn.edu/en/publications/family-theories-and-methods-a-contextual-approach-a-contextual-ap

NikkiSAUoE (talk) 09:02, 18 February 2022 (UTC)

Requested move 15 February 2024

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The result of the move request was: moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) 🌺 Cremastra (talk) 22:03, 22 February 2024 (UTC)

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Work–life interface → Work–life balance – "Work-life balance" is far and away the more common term, per Ngrams. It also has 14 interwikis compared to just one for "work-life interface". feminist🚰 (talk) 03:11, 15 February 2024 (UTC)

Support the move. Some rewriting on the lead is needed post-move. Might be a good opportunity to review the whole thing since there are a lot of strange decisions in the way it's laid out. Reconrabbit 12:09, 15 February 2024 (UTC)

• Support per nom. -- Necrothesp (talk) 16:01, 22 February 2024 (UTC)

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Mental Health

Individuals often overwork themselves and prioritize work losing the importance of having a personal life.

A individual who knows how to balance both is seen to be less tense and more relaxed. When you spend your time creating boundaries with work you see more personal time for yourself. "When employees have a good work life balance, they have enough time to do everything they need to fill their cups". However, if you are constantly filling your cup with work related things, that could become your main focuses. Which can be overwhelming if you're trying to catch every dead line and every meeting. This is where mental health comes into place. This can create feelings of, "overwhelm and high stress levels, going on to contribute to mental health issues such as anxiety and depression over time"

Not being able to balance work and personal life can cause a burnout. The mental state can become exhausted if being pushed through its limits. If an individual is just limiting their life to work it can began to cause anxiety and depression into ones life. It leaves no time for any self care which can decrease happiness. Once a person mental is burned out from a job, it becomes harder to complete those once simple task, "employees who experienced stress and anxiety were significantly more likely to be less productive at work, take more sick days, and feel less engaged with their job." That then creates a line of problems, which will continue to affect the mental.

References

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2. "The toxic cycle of prioritising work at the expense of your mental health". www.linkedin.com. Retrieved 2024-10-16.

Kevianna40 (talk) 18:53, 30 October 2024 (UTC)