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Bidirectional assoc...
Bidirectional associations between workplace bullying and sickness absence due to common mental disorders : a propensity-score matched cohort study
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- Holmgren, Rebecka (author)
- Stockholms universitet,Stressforskningsinstitutet
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- Grotta, Alessandra (author)
- Stockholms universitet,Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap,Centrum för forskning om äldre och åldrande (ARC), (tills m KI)
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- Farrants, Kristin (author)
- Karolinska Institutet
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- Magnusson Hanson, Linda L., 1977- (author)
- Stockholms universitet,Stressforskningsinstitutet
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- 2024
- 2024
- English.
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In: BMC Public Health. - 1471-2458. ; 24:1
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Abstract
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- Background The link between workplace bullying and poor mental health is well-known. However, little is known about the prospective and potentially reciprocal association between workplace bullying and mental health-related sickness absence. This 2-year prospective study examined bidirectional associations between exposure to workplace bullying and sickness absence due to common mental disorders (SA-CMD) while controlling for confounding factors from both work and private life.Methods The study was based on propensity score-matched samples (N = 3216 and N = 552) from the Swedish Longitudinal Occupational Survey of Health, using surveys from years 2012, 2014 and 2016. Self-reported exposure to workplace bullying was linked to registry-based information regarding medically certified SA-CMD (≥ 14 consecutive days). The associations were examined by means of Cox proportional hazards regression and via conditional logistic regression analysis. Hazard ratios and odds ratios with 95% confidence intervals were estimated.Results Exposure to workplace bullying was associated with an increased risk of incident SA-CMD (HR: 1.3, 95% CI: 1.0–1.8), after accounting for the influence of job demands, decision authority, previous SA-CMD, as well as other sociodemographic covariates. However, we found no statistically significant association between SA-CMD and subsequent workplace bullying (OR 1.2, 95% CI 0.7–1.9).Conclusions The results support an association between self-reported workplace bullying and SA-CMD, independent of other sociodemographic factors and workplace stressors. Preventing workplace bullying could alleviate a share of the individual and societal burden caused by SA globally.
Subject headings
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Psykologi (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Psychology (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- bullying
- sick leave
- mental disorders
- occupational stress
- propensity score
- psykologi
- Psychology
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- ref (subject category)
- art (subject category)
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