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 
 - Thorofare, NJ :  Bethesda, MD :  SLACK Inc. ;  AOTA Press,  c2009 
 - xix, 274 p. :  ill. ;  27 cm. 
<br/><br/> Proceedings from a conference convened in Kingston, Ontario, Canada in the spring of 2007 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index 
<br/><br/>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 Håkansson -- 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 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781556429064 (hardcover) 1556429061 (hardcover) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Lifestyles--Congresses<br/>Quality of life--Congresses<br/>Health behavior--Congresses<br/>Health--Congresses<br/>Life Style--Congresses<br/>Quality of Life--Congresses<br/>Health Behavior--Congresses