Book contents
- The Balanced Life
- The Balanced Life
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Interdomain Strategies to Increase Overall Life Satisfaction and Achieve Balance
- 3 Engagement in Social Roles in Multiple Life Domains
- 4 Engagement in Roles in Health, Love, Family, Material, Social, Work, Leisure, and Culture Domains
- 5 Engagement in New Social Roles
- Part III Interdomain Strategies to Increase Domain Satisfaction and Achieve Balance
- Part IV Epilogue
- References
- Index
5 - Engagement in New Social Roles
from Part II - Interdomain Strategies to Increase Overall Life Satisfaction and Achieve Balance
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 April 2022
- The Balanced Life
- The Balanced Life
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Interdomain Strategies to Increase Overall Life Satisfaction and Achieve Balance
- 3 Engagement in Social Roles in Multiple Life Domains
- 4 Engagement in Roles in Health, Love, Family, Material, Social, Work, Leisure, and Culture Domains
- 5 Engagement in New Social Roles
- Part III Interdomain Strategies to Increase Domain Satisfaction and Achieve Balance
- Part IV Epilogue
- References
- Index
Summary
This chapter describes how people engage in new roles and activities to help achieve life balance and maintain acceptable levels of wellbeing. This is explained through the principle of diminishing satisfaction. The chapter covers many strategies that people use in various life domains: health, love, family, material, social, work, leisure, and culture.
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- The Balanced LifeUsing Strategies from Behavioral Science to Enhance Wellbeing, pp. 65 - 80Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022