title: Comparison of Objective and Subjective Life Balance Between Women With and Without a Personality Disorder.
abstract: Life balance is associated to health, well-being and quality of life and is a target of psychiatric rehabilitation interventions. However, little is known about this life dimension in women living with personality disorders. The purpose of this descriptive-correlational study was to compare and explore relationships between subjective life balance, objective time use, quality of life and perceived stress in women without a mental health disorder (n = 43) and women with a personality disorder (clusters B and C) (n = 30), aged between 18 and 50 years old. The variables were measured with the Life Balance Inventory (subjective life balance), the Occupational Questionnaire (objective time use), the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (perceived stress) and the Quality of Life Index (satisfaction and importance with life domains). The analyses showed that women with a personality disorder spend significantly less time in work but more time in daily tasks and leisure. Subjective life balance, quality of life and perceived stress were significantly lower in women with a personality disorder (p < 0.05). In women with a personality disorder, subjective life balance was explained by quality of life (R2= 27.5 %). In women without a mental illness, subjective life balance was explained by quality of life and motherhood (R2= 36.1 %). To support the recovery of women with personality disorders and their quality of life, it is important to address objective and subjective time use to enable accomplishment of a variety of meaningful activities.
authors.affiliation: School of Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, J1H 5N4, Canada. nadine.lariviere@usherbrooke.ca.
authors.forename: Nadine
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Larivière
authors.affiliation: School of Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, J1H 5N4, Canada.
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Denis
authors.affiliation: School of Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, J1H 5N4, Canada.
authors.forename: Amélie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Payeur
authors.affiliation: School of Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, J1H 5N4, Canada.
authors.forename: Amélie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ferron
authors.affiliation: School of Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, J1H 5N4, Canada.
authors.forename: Stéphanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Levesque
authors.affiliation: School of Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, J1H 5N4, Canada.
authors.forename: Guillaume
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rivard
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology; D014930:Women / Q000523:psychology*; D000072358:Work-Life Balance
keywords: Personality disorders; Quality of life; Subjective life balance; Time use