Stressed at work? Check your Home life

A new research has found that unresolved problems at home could result
in stress at work.

"Researchers at Concordia University in Canada and the University of
Montreal surveyed 1,954 employees from 63 different organizations
found that it's not just looming deadlines and crazy bosses that lead
to work burnouts, stresses at home can be just as important to work
place mental health.

According the International Labor Organization (ILO) stress is a
factor in between 50 and 60 per cent of all lost working days, a huge
cost in terms of both human distress and impaired economic
performance.

"Work stress has to do with work conditions and human resources
practices, while family stress is related to your marital and
parental, and economic status, as well as strain you may face with
your partner and children, as well as problems related to work-family
conflicts," says Alain Marchand, associate professor at the University
of Montreal's and lead author of research.

The study found that fewer mental health problems were experienced by
those living with a supportive partner, young children, on higher
household incomes, less work-family conflicts, and greater access to
the support of a social network outside the workplace.

The less stress there was at home the less likely the worker was to
burnout at work.

The researchers also looked other common stressors typically found in
the workplace, such as emotional exhaustion, poor use of skills, high
psychological demands, job insecurity and lack of authority and found
that a supportive environment at work and home led to the best
outcomes for worker when dealing with stress."

(http://cnbc.com/us_news/102012504)