Leisure work relationship

Weissman and Paykel (1974) revised a previously developed questionnaire to assess the performance of individuals in different roles, called the social adjustment scale (SAS-R). These roles included (1) work, (2) housework, (3) parental role, (4) social leisure activities, (5) extended family relationships, (6) marital relationship, and (7) family unit. Functioning in the last four roles is an important indicator of interpersonal functioning. Having deep relationships outside the immediate family helps an individual to draw more social support. Furthermore, the success of relationships outside the family indicates that the person possesses competent social skills and is able to form and maintain meaningful relationships with others. Marital and familial relationships were the resources most easily accessible to the individuals. However, broken marital and familial relationships might generate stress and lead to the development of depression (Weissman, 1997). 

The SASS assesses the areas of work and leisure, family and extra-family relationships, satisfaction with one s roles and the ability to manage one s environment. These are related to the mediating factors of life stress, family cohesion, social exchange, and social support. One of the advantages of the SASS is that the assessment would not be affected by role changes due to life developments. 

Here is a useful leisure time exercise for a very attentive reader. The purpose is to understand the connection between virial expansion (8.7) and the well known van der Waals equation of state (i.e., the relationship between volume, pressure, and temperature) for an ordinary imperfect gas. You may have studied van der Waals equation in general physics and/or general chemistry class, it reads p- -a/V )(V — b) = NksT. Say, the volume is V, and the number of molecules in the gas is N. Then n = N/V. You can work out the pressure by differentiation p = — (9F/9V), where free energy F is defined by formula (7.19), F = U — TS = t/ + / , the internal energy U is given by (8.7), and... 

In the modem context it has come to refer to the relationship between a person and the conditions in which his activities, whether work operations or leisure activities, place him. More commonly, it is being applied to the interface between the individual and work equipment and takes account of the surroxmdings in which the equipment is used. However, the design and layout of equipment is not the only influence acting on workpeople that affects their attitudes towards work. Work colleagues are also an influence and the psychological aspects of relationships between employees also needs to be home in mind. 

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