Please don’t copy. This is another classmates post and I need to

Please don’t copy. This is another classmates post and I need to form your own thoughts to these articles and this post

Per our syllabus, these discussions should focus on the current issues in human development and family studies (HDFS) and MFT. So I will start by giving my own definition of what exactly HDFS is. Human development and family studies can be described as a multidisciplinary field that looks at individual and family development across the human lifespan. It looks into various aspects of the human life, including cognitive, emotional, and social development. Made up of research, education, and clinical applications, it helps us to understand families in many different aspects. Over my time in school, we learned about HDFS through child development courses, relationship courses and family dynamics courses. I would say it could also be found in parenting courses available for anyone to take. Many issues plague HDFS that can also be found in our field of Marriage and Family Therapy. For my first discussion post, I did a quick, simple google search “What issues plague human development and family studies?” and without even clicking on a link, reading the results showed a few similarities. The impact of technology, mental health issues, diversity and inclusion, work/life balance, parenting in modern society, impacts of trauma, and the lists go on and on from there. For myself, the impact of technology and parenting in modern society stuck out to me due to these topics being what I would like to further research on and so those were the basis of my articles for the first discussion post. This week, I will focus on the remainder of the list, work/life balance being the other major player in my interests. 

Work/life balance is crucial to mental health for many reasons. Having a balanced work and life schedule helps to reduce stress which in turn decreases depression and anxiety levels. It also helps decrease anger and short temper while allowing for implementation of healthy boundaries between work and home life. Having a balanced work/home life helps prevent burnout (especially among mental health workers!) We need time off, we need healthy boundaries, we need self care! This balance also improves relationships by having healthy boundaries set in place that will not infringe on work relationships or personal relationships. This type of balance also contributes to healthy physical health not only mental health. 

The Effect of Social Support on Work Life Balance: The Role of Psychological Well Being

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 This article discuses research conducted to determine the relationships between psychological well-being, social, support, work life balance, and the effect of psychological well-being on the relationship between social support and work life balance. 

Effects of Emotional Labor, Anger, and work Engagement on work life balance of mental health specialists working in mental health welfare centers

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 This article examines the general characteristics, emotional labor, anger, and work engagement of mental health specialists at mental health welfare centers and determine their effects on work-life balance. Results found that supportive work polices and environments that promote health, reduced emotional labor, and helped with work engagement are definitely needed to help mental health specialists maintain a higher quality of life.