On the Theory of Life Balance- The Relation to Subjective Well-Being and the Role of Self-Regulation

In today`s hectic world managing the integration of life domains is achallenge most people face. We all often complain there is too much to doand we might feel that our life is out of balance. We might feel unsatisfiedwith it but we often do not know how to behave in order to change it. Whatdoes in mean to hold our life in balance? Which personality factors facilitateit? In his book Peter Gröpel focuses on the topic of life balance and discussesprevious research that has been devoted to the individuals` ability to balancetheir activities across life domains. He criticizes the traditional - twodimensional- view of life balance that includes work and family domainsonly and adopts Seiwert`s multi-dimensional approach which reflects themultidimensionality of life. After introducing theoretical background heprovides pilot research on life balance as a multi-dimensional construct. Theauthor`s research includes (1) developing and validity testing of new lifebalance measures (2) investigating basic personality mechanisms underlyinglife balance (3) specifying why life balance is beneficial for peoples` wellbeingand (4) identifying specific self-regulatory competences that affect lifebalance. The book is aimed at researchers and academics interested inresearch on work-life interface.