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 Workplace killer: Stress has been linked to a range of physical and mental illnesses. Professor Wayne Hochwarter says employees who are still upset by the previous day's workplace stress will suffer. |
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A major ingredient to taking the pain out of a stressful day at work is a supportive partner at home, a new study has confirmed. It may not seem like a groundbreaking conclusion but the study, from Florida State University, is the first to quantify the effects that a sympathetic ear can have at home and at work. Professor Wayne Hochwarter, author of the study, found that highly stressed employees had a 25 percent higher level of concentration levels if they had a harmonious home life. They were also 33 percent more likely to have positive relationships with colleagues, and a 20 percent higher level of job satisfaction. Previous studies have linked work-related stress to a range of mental and physical illnesses, such as depression and obesity. But this study shows how stress can be a vicious circle - adversely affecting the way employees perform at work, which can lead to even more workplace stress. Professor Hochwarter said the mental and physical wellbeing of employees were at risk if they came to work still stressed from the day before. He said: 'When you're still angry or upset from yesterday's stress, your workday will likely go in only one direction - down.' And there were obvious benefits at home as well. Professor Hochwarter's paper said employees with strong home support were 25 percent less likely to suffer from after-work fatigue. Having an awareness of a partner's daily work demands - such as deadlines, a lack of adequate resources and bad bosses - could ensure that couples always communicated, and a partner could see when their loved one was underplaying or exaggerating a problem. The ability to bring a partner back to the middle - building them up when they feel down in the dumps, or talking them down when they are overly agitated - also played a crucial role. (Read by Emily Cheng. Emily Cheng is a journalist at the China Daily Website.) (Agencies) |
一項(xiàng)新研究證實(shí)，家有賢內(nèi)助確實(shí)能較大地減輕工作壓力帶來的焦慮和疲憊。 這看起來也許并不是什么開創(chuàng)性的研究結(jié)果，不過佛羅里達(dá)州立大學(xué)的這一研究卻是首次將懷著同情心傾聽在家庭中和職場(chǎng)中的作用進(jìn)行量化。 該研究的作者韋恩?霍赫瓦特教授發(fā)現(xiàn)，在高壓下工作的員工如果家庭生活和諧的話，注意力水平比其他人高出25%。 此外，這些人和同事保持良好關(guān)系的可能性要高出33%，工作滿意度也要高出20%。 先前的研究曾將工作壓力和一系列精神和身體疾病聯(lián)系起來，包括抑郁癥和肥胖癥。 不過本研究顯示，壓力也可以造成惡性循環(huán)——對(duì)員工的工作表現(xiàn)產(chǎn)生負(fù)面影響，從而帶來更多的工作壓力。 霍赫瓦特教授說，如果員工開始一天的工作時(shí)仍受到前一天壓力的困擾，那么他的精神和身體健康就會(huì)受到危害。 他說：“如果你依然因?yàn)樽蛱斓膲毫Χ械綈琅蛐臒?，你這天的工作表現(xiàn)只會(huì)向一個(gè)方向發(fā)展——直線下降?！?/p> 家庭對(duì)減輕工作壓力則有顯著的效果?；艉胀咛亟淌诘恼撐姆Q，擁有強(qiáng)大的家庭支持的員工下班時(shí)感到疲憊的可能性比其他人低25%。 了解伴侶日常工作上的一些要求——例如任務(wù)完成的最后期限、缺少足夠的資源以及苛刻的上司——可以保證伴侶之間保持溝通順暢，而且其中一方可以看出自己的愛人是對(duì)問題輕描淡寫還是在夸大問題。 讓伴侶恢復(fù)平和心態(tài)的能力——在伴侶情緒低落時(shí)幫助其建立信心，或在伴侶過度激動(dòng)時(shí)讓其冷靜下來——也發(fā)揮著關(guān)鍵的作用。 相關(guān)閱讀 獲得伴侶支持 目標(biāo)更難實(shí)現(xiàn)？ 工作表現(xiàn)不佳？“老虎伍茲效應(yīng)”在作怪 （中國(guó)日?qǐng)?bào)網(wǎng)英語點(diǎn)津 陳丹妮 編輯：Julie） |
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Vocabulary: underplay: 對(duì)……輕描淡寫；貶低……的重要性 down in the dumps: 垂頭喪氣，心情不好 talk somebody down: 和某人說話，讓某人情緒穩(wěn)定下來 |
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