Associations of workplace bullying and harassment with stress reactions: a
two-year follow-up study |
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| Authors: | Toshiyo TANIGUCHI Jiro TAKAKI Kumi HIROKAWA Yasuhito FUJII Kaori HARANO |
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| Affiliation: | 1.Department of Welfare System and Health Science, Okayama Prefectural University, Japan;2.Department of Public Health, Sanyo Gakuen University Graduate School of Nursing, Japan;3.Department of Nursing, Baika Women’s University, Japan |
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| Abstract: | The purpose of this prospective study was to investigate the effect of the patterning ofworkplace bullying and harassment over two time points (chronic, remission, onset, andnever) on psychological and physical stress reactions. The subjects were 543 workers atwelfare facilities for the elderly in Japan who completed a self-administeredquestionnaire at Time 1 (from August to September, 2009) and at Time 2 (from September toOctober, 2011). Workplace bullying and harassment were assessed using the Negative ActsQuestionnaire (NAQ). Stress reactions were assessed using the Brief Job StressQuestionnaire. In the multiple logistic regression analyses, onset of person-relatedbullying was significantly (p<0.05) positively associatedwith both psychological and physical stress reactions at Time 2. Chronic form ofperson-related bullying was significantly (p<0.05)positively associated with psychological stress reaction at Time 2. Onset of sexualharassment was significantly (p<0.05) positively, andremission of sexual harassment was significantly (p<0.05)negatively associated with physical stress reaction at Time 2. Onset and chronic form ofperson-related bullying and onset of sexual harassment can cause stress reactions.Remission of sexual harassment can terminate physical stress reaction. |
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| Keywords: | Bullying Depressive symptoms Harassment Prospective studies Psychological stress Workplace |
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