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Title:

Life balance : multidisciplinary theories and research / editors, Kathleen Matuska, Charles H. Christiansen ; associate editors, Helene J. Polatajko, Jane A. Davis ; foreword by Brian R. Little.

Publisher:

SLACK Inc. ;

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

xix, 274 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.

Subject:

Lifestyles--Congresses.
Quality of life--Congresses.
Health behavior--Congresses.
Health--Congresses.

Other Authors:

Matuska, Kathleen M.
Christiansen, Charles

Notes:

Proceedings from a conference convened in Kingston, Ontario, Canada in the spring of 2007. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Life balance : evolving the concept / Charles H. Christiansen ... [et al.] -- Life balance : the meaning and the menace in a metaphor / Jerome E. Bickenbach and Thomas A. Glass -- Problematizing life balance : difference, diversity, and disadvantage / Gail Elizabeth Whiteford -- Optimal lifestyle mix : an inductive approach / Ruut Veenhoven -- Multiple roles and life balance : an intellectual journey / Stephen Marks -- Defining and validating measures of life balance : suggestions, a new measure, and some preliminary results / Kennon M. Sheldon -- Measuring life balance through discrepancy theories and subjective well-being / Robert A. Cummins -- Time use and balance / Andrew S. Harvey and Jerome Singleton -- Aspects of daily occupations that promote life balance among women in Sweden / Lena-Karin Erlandsson and Carita H©Ækansson -- Importance of experiential challenges in a balanced life : micro- and macro-perspectives / Dennis Persson and Hans Jonsson -- Theoretical model of lifestyle balance and imbalance / Kathleen Matuska and Charles H. Christiansen -- Another perspective on life balance : living in integrity with values / Wendy Pentland and Mary Ann McColl -- The "hurried" child : myth vs. reality / Sandra L. Hofferth, David A. Kinney, and Janet S. Dunn -- Time use imbalance : developmental and emotional costs / Jiri Zuzanek -- Emotional regulation, processing, and recovery after acquired brain injury : contributors to life balance / Beatriz C. Abreu ... [et al.] -- Professional coaching for life balance / Amy Heinz and Wendy Pentland -- Research directions for advancing the study of life balance and health / Catherine Backman and Dana Anaby.

ISBN:

1556429061 (hardcover)
9781556429064 (hardcover)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)390530191

LCCN:

2009023938

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)