Create account Log in Article Talk Read Edit View history Search Work aversion From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from Work aversion disorder) Main page This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these Contents issues on the talk page. Featured content This article needs additional citations for verification. (April 2011) Current events This article may contain original research. (April 2011) Random article The neutrality of this article is disputed. (April 2010) Donate to Wikipedia Work aversion (or aversion to work) is the state of avoiding or not wanting to work or be employed, or the extreme Interaction preference of leisure as opposed to work. It can be attributed to laziness, boredom, or burnout,[1] most Help underachievers suffer from some work aversion. About Wikipedia Community portal Contents [hide] Recent changes 1 Causes Contact Wikipedia 2 Complications Toolbox 3 Treatment 4 Criticism Print/export 5 See also Languages 6 References Deutsch 7 Further reading Русский 8 External links Causes [edit] open in browser PRO version Are you a developer? Try out the HTML to PDF API pdfcrowd.com Work aversion usually occurs in persons who have previously been employed, and can have a variety of causes. These include:[citation needed] Boredom with work.[1] Holding a boring job early in life can lead to the impression later that all work is boring.[2] Depression: A person who is suffering from clinical depression, dysthymia, grief, or other similar disorders may lack the motivation to work. Obsessive-compulsive disorder: Due to neurological dysfunction, the person becomes preoccupied with anxiety- based obsessions, and performs compulsive behaviors in order to cope with their anxiety. They are therefore unable to redirect their attention toward a job or employment search. Panic disorder: For some, merely finding oneself in a work environment can trigger a panic attack. After such an occurrence, many are reluctant to seek further employment. Post-traumatic stress disorder: The person has suffered from a traumatic experience at an earlier job. This may be a physical injury suffered on the job, a scary event that occurred while at work (such as a robbery of the place of employment), severe harassment or bullying from fellow employees, or abuse from one's boss or employer. Abrupt termination: A former employee who was fired or laid off from an earlier job may be fearful of seeking future employment on the basis that such rejection may recur again. Phobia: Some persons are simply phobic of the workplace. Complications [edit] Since the term work aversion only applies to one with the need to earn income, complications will inevitably arise from lacking the money the subject needs from employment. These may include: Loss of assets, as one lives off his/her savings and liquidates other assets, including mortgaging his/her home. Debt and credit problems Self-neglect. This may include malnourishment, since the subject may be unable to afford a sufficient diet, or neglect of one's personal appearance or hygiene in ways that may cost the subject money or may make giving a good impression to a potential employer more difficult. Neglect of dependents, such as spouse and children, who one is expected to support. Work aversion is responsible for many cases of divorce and broken families.[citation needed] Neglect of personal belongings, such as one's home, car, or other possessions requiring maintenance, or loss of services that require payment of a monthly bill, such as utilities, phone service, insurance. Strained relations with family and friends, especially those who are forced to support the unemployed subject, or open in browser PRO version Are you a developer? Try out the HTML to PDF API pdfcrowd.com those who otherwise expect the subject to have money or items of value. Strained marriage, when financial problems hurt marriage Reduced socialization, especially in cases where the subject is in need of money to support such interaction. Homelessness, in most severe cases. A 1987 public opinion survey in Nashville found that 45% of respondents believed homelessness is caused by work aversion.[3] Treatment [edit] The mental health community does not recognize work aversion as an illness or disease and therefore no medically recognized treatments exist. Those attempting to treat work aversion as an illness may use psychotherapy, counseling, medication, or some more unusual forms of treatment. Depending on the cause, lengths of treatment and success rates may vary. In the case where the person has not worked for a while due to a workplace injury, work-hardening can be used to build strength. The person works for a brief period of time in the first week, such as two hours per day and increases the amount of work each week until full-time hours are reached.[4] Criticism [edit] Work aversion is not a recognized psychological disorder in the DSM-IV. The idea that work itself has intrinsic value or is an indicator of health or goodness can be traced to the Protestant Reformation.[5] See also [edit] Anti-work Drapetomania Disability fraud Ergophobia Procrastination Slacker Work ethic Work-leisure dichotomy open in browser PRO version Are you a developer? Try out the HTML to PDF API pdfcrowd.com Refusal of work Goofing off References [edit] 1. ^ a b Boyes, Roger (2007-09-15). "Forget burnout boreout is the new office disease" . The Times (London). 2. ^ http://books.google.com/books? id=yNFN1OpnkBkC&pg=PA80&lpg=PA80&dq=%22aversion+to+work%22&source=bl&ots=l-hcwD5o25&sig=9ZAx- rFkB3aBQn7GcdUNeKFoGbQ&hl=en&ei=plP2SdmGOpDhtge_r8m6Dw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5 3. ^ http://books.google.com/books? id=gGCqJic8ms4C&pg=PA318&dq=%22work+aversion%22&lr=&as_brr=3&ie=ISO-8859-1&output=html&cd=51 4. ^ http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PEg0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=w2MEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2954,5696465&dq=work- hardening&hl=en 5. ^ http://www.coe.uga.edu/~rhill/workethic/hist.htm Further reading [edit] The Abolition of Work and Other Myths , Neala Schleuning, (Summer, 1995), which was (supposed to be) a response to... The Abolition of Work, by Bob Black. 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