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    What is considered important for life balance?: Similarities and differences among some working adults

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    Authors
    Wagman, P.
    Hakansson, C.
    Jacobsson, C.
    Falkmer, Torbjorn
    Bjorklund, A.
    Date
    2012
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Wagman, Petra and Hakansson, Carita and Jacobsson, Christian and Falkmer, Torbjorn and Bjorklund, Anita. 2012. What is considered important for life balance?: Similarities and differences among some working adults. Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy. 19 (4): pp. 377-384.
    Source Title
    Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy
    DOI
    10.3109/11038128.2011.645552
    ISSN
    1103-8128
    School
    School of Occupational Therapy and Social Work
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/7044
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Life balance seems subjective, health related, and multidimensional. However, the concept is complex. Exploring what people themselves consider more or less important for their life balance and whether this differs between people would develop new knowledge. Q methodology was chosen for the present study, in which 32 working men and women without recent long-term sick leave participated. They sorted 42 statements regarding life balance according to their importance for each participant’s life balance. The analysis resulted in four different viewpoints concerning life balance. All four viewpoints considered good relationships with those closest to them, as well as knowing that these people were doing well, as important. Each viewpoint also showed a unique orientation towards what was considered important for life balance: occupational balance (viewpoint 1), self-actualization (viewpoint 2), self-awareness (viewpoint 3), and reciprocal relationships (viewpoint 4). The results showed support for life balance as being a subjective, multidimensional, and health-related phenomenon. The results demonstrated the importance of relationships for life balance and heterogeneity in what people considered important for their own life balance.

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