Roger Persson1, Annie Høgh, Matias Brødsgaard Grynderup, Morten Vejs Willert, Maria Gullander, Åse Marie Hansen, Henrik Albert Kolstad, Ole Mors, Eva Gemzøe Mikkelsen, Ann Suhl Kristensen, Linda Kaerlev, Reiner Rugulies, Jens Peter Ellekilde Bonde. 1. Department of Psychology, Lund University, Sweden (Dr Persson); The National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen (Drs Persson, Hansen, and Rugulies); Department of Psychology (Drs Høgh and Rugulies), Department of Public Health (Drs Grynderup, Hansen, and Rugulies), Copenhagen University; Department of Occupational Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital (Drs Willert and Kolstad); Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen (Drs Gullander and Bonde); Research Department P, Aarhus University Hospital, Risskov (Drs Mors and Kristensen), CRECEA A/S, Aarhus (Dr Mikkelsen); Research Unit of Clinical Epidemiology, Institute of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense (Dr Kaerlev), Center for Clinical Epidemiology, Odense University Hospital, Odense (Dr Kaerlev), Denmark.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To examine whether a shift in work-related bullying status, from being non-bullied to being bullied or vice versa, was associated with changes in reporting of personality characteristics. METHODS: Data on bullying and personality (neuroticism, extraversion, and sense of coherence) were collected in three waves approximately 2 years apart (N = 4947). Using a within-subjects design, personality change scores that followed altered bullying status were evaluated with one-sample t tests. Sensitivity analyses targeted depressive symptoms. RESULTS: Shifts from non-bullied to frequently bullied were associated with increased neuroticism or decreased sense of coherence manageability scores. Shifts from bullied to non-bullied were associated with decreasing neuroticism and increasing extraversion scores, or increasing sense of coherence meaningfulness and comprehensibility scores. Excluding depressive cases had minor effects. CONCLUSIONS: Bullying seems to some extent to affect personality scale scores, which thus seem sensitive to environmental and social circumstances.
OBJECTIVE: To examine whether a shift in work-related bullying status, from being non-bullied to being bullied or vice versa, was associated with changes in reporting of personality characteristics. METHODS: Data on bullying and personality (neuroticism, extraversion, and sense of coherence) were collected in three waves approximately 2 years apart (N = 4947). Using a within-subjects design, personality change scores that followed altered bullying status were evaluated with one-sample t tests. Sensitivity analyses targeted depressive symptoms. RESULTS: Shifts from non-bullied to frequently bullied were associated with increased neuroticism or decreased sense of coherence manageability scores. Shifts from bullied to non-bullied were associated with decreasing neuroticism and increasing extraversion scores, or increasing sense of coherence meaningfulness and comprehensibility scores. Excluding depressive cases had minor effects. CONCLUSIONS: Bullying seems to some extent to affect personality scale scores, which thus seem sensitive to environmental and social circumstances.
Authors: Kristina Vaktskjold Hamre; Ståle Valvatne Einarsen; Øystein Løvik Hoprekstad; Ståle Pallesen; Bjørn Bjorvatn; Siri Waage; Bente E Moen; Anette Harris Journal: Int J Environ Res Public Health Date: 2020-04-10 Impact factor: 3.390
Authors: Alice Clark; Sari Stenholm; Jaana Pentti; Paula Salo; Theis Lange; Eszter Török; Tianwei Xu; Jesper Fabricius; Tuula Oksanen; Mika Kivimäki; Jussi Vahtera; Naja Hulvej Rod Journal: PLoS One Date: 2021-08-05 Impact factor: 3.240