Health & Medicine
Home Life Also Contributes to Burnouts at Work, Study
Benita Matilda
First Posted: Sep 17, 2014 06:14 AM EDT
Study highlights that apart from job stress, home life also contributes to cause burnouts at work.
Most often job stress is listed as the main reason for burnouts at work. Researchers at the University of Montreal and Concordia, reveal that when mental health in workplace is considered, the influence of home life is mostly neglected. This study reveals that there are other known factors that cause burnouts at work.
Revealing the influence of home life on burnouts at work, the researchers highlight that having an understanding partner is equally important as having a supportive boss. They based their finding on a survey conducted on 1,954 employees from 63 various organizations. The survey showed that there are several issues that contribute to the mental health problems in workforce.
The researchers then measured factors like parental status, household income, social network, gender, age, physical health and levels of self-esteem. They even focused at other elements along with stressors seen in workplace like emotional exhaustion, poor use of skills, high psychological demands, job insecurity and lack of authority.
It was noticed that mental health in workplace was affected by the person's day to day events of life and vice-versa. Those living with partner and young children had less mental problems. The same was experienced by those living in higher household incomes, less work-family conflicts and had greater access to social network outside workplace.
For lead author Alain Marchand, professor at the University of Montreal's School of Industrial Relations, it's all about adopting a holistic view. "To maintain a truly healthy workforce, we need to look outside the office or home in simple terms to combat mental health issues in the workplace."
The study was published in the Journal Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology.
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First Posted: Sep 17, 2014 06:14 AM EDT
Study highlights that apart from job stress, home life also contributes to cause burnouts at work.
Most often job stress is listed as the main reason for burnouts at work. Researchers at the University of Montreal and Concordia, reveal that when mental health in workplace is considered, the influence of home life is mostly neglected. This study reveals that there are other known factors that cause burnouts at work.
Revealing the influence of home life on burnouts at work, the researchers highlight that having an understanding partner is equally important as having a supportive boss. They based their finding on a survey conducted on 1,954 employees from 63 various organizations. The survey showed that there are several issues that contribute to the mental health problems in workforce.
The researchers then measured factors like parental status, household income, social network, gender, age, physical health and levels of self-esteem. They even focused at other elements along with stressors seen in workplace like emotional exhaustion, poor use of skills, high psychological demands, job insecurity and lack of authority.
It was noticed that mental health in workplace was affected by the person's day to day events of life and vice-versa. Those living with partner and young children had less mental problems. The same was experienced by those living in higher household incomes, less work-family conflicts and had greater access to social network outside workplace.
For lead author Alain Marchand, professor at the University of Montreal's School of Industrial Relations, it's all about adopting a holistic view. "To maintain a truly healthy workforce, we need to look outside the office or home in simple terms to combat mental health issues in the workplace."
The study was published in the Journal Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology.
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