Interference between work and outside-work demands relative to health: unwinding possibilities among full-time and part-time employees
International Journal of Behavioral MedicinePublished 1 December 2007
Lotta Nylén, Bo Melin, Lucie Laflamme
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Only among women, unwinding seems to buffer the association between work-home interference and health, and among both sexes, home-work interference is associated with suboptimal sleep quality and self-rated health.
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Only among women, unwinding seems to buffer the association between work-home interference and health.
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