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Life Balance and Work Addiction Among NCAA Administrators and Coaches
Author(s) -
Hancock Meg G.,
Balkin Richard S.,
Reiner Summer M.,
Williams Sarah,
Hunter Quentin,
Powell Brent,
Juhnke Gerald A.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
the career development quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.846
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 2161-0045
pISSN - 0889-4019
DOI - 10.1002/cdq.12195
Subject(s) - addiction , psychology , work–life balance , balance (ability) , anxiety , work (physics) , population , job satisfaction , applied psychology , clinical psychology , social psychology , medicine , psychiatry , engineering , environmental health , mechanical engineering , neuroscience
Intercollegiate athletics represent an industry prone to challenges of work addiction and life balance. Work addiction and life balance domains in male and female intercollegiate athletic coaches and administrators ( N = 245) were examined using multiple regression analysis. Higher levels of stress/anxiety, sleep disturbance, and career satisfaction and lower levels of quality of relationships and friendships were the strongest predictors of work addiction. Counseling focused on reducing the negative aspects of work addiction, while maintaining job performance, may benefit this population.