Toronto: Nearly 50 per cent of professionals bring their work home with them regularly, thus interfering with their personal lives, according to a new study.

The research, by the University of Toronto aimed at assessing the stress associated with work-life balance and the factors that predict it, found that work interferes more in the personal life of highly qualified people than of those with normal education.

Long work hours and job-related responsibilities and demands were also behind more work seeping into the home life.

"We found several surprising patterns. People who are well-educated, professionals and those with job-related resources report their work interferes with their personal lives more frequently, reflecting what we refer to as 'the stress of higher status',"said lead researcher Scott Schieman.

As part of the study, the team asked 1,800 Americans questions like: "How often does your job interfere with your home or family life?", "How often does your job interfere with your social or leisure activities?" and "How often do you think about things going on at work when you are not working?"

"Nearly half of the population reports that these situations occur 'sometimes' or 'frequently,' which is particularly concerning given that the negative health impacts of an imbalance between work life and private life are well-documented," Schieman said.

However, having control over the pace of one's own work diminishes the negative effects of high-pressure situations, Schieman added.

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