Concurrents – Environmental Psychology: Working from Home Working

An international health crisis – such as the current COVID-19 pandemic – has result of many more people working from their homes, particularly when conditions/restrictions result in co-working or other similar work alternatives being unavailable. For those of us living in at least relatively typical suburban houses, more working from home means spending a little (or A LOT) more time than usual in our home office, which likely features a door and walls that separate it from activity in the rest of the house. But, many people working more from home as a result of the disease containment plan do not live in typical suburban homes. They are sharing crowded city apartments with other adults or living alone in studio apartments, for example. Some people working from home during a health crisis also need to provide care for children not at school while also simultaneously doing whatever their paycheck writing …