Post-traumatic symptoms among victims of workplace bullying: exploring gender differences and shattered assumptions

Rodriguez-Munoz, Alfredo, Moreno-Jiménez, Bernardo, Sanz Vergel, Ana ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1983-422X and Garrosa Hernández, Eva (2010) Post-traumatic symptoms among victims of workplace bullying: exploring gender differences and shattered assumptions. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 40 (10). pp. 2616-2635. ISSN 1559-1816

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Abstract

The aims of the present study were twofold; assessing the prevalence and intensity of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in victims of bullying, and exploring whether victims of bullying differ in their basic assumptions compared to a control group. A total of 183 victims of bullying and 183 subjects of a control group took part in this research. Results showed that 42.6% of the total sample met all DSM-IV-TR criteria for PTSD, whereas 54.1% did not fulfill A1 criterion. Posttraumatic symptoms were more prevalent among women (49%) compared with men (35.3%). Furthermore, victims showed significant more negative beliefs about the world, the people and themselves compared to their non-bullied controls. These results fit well with cognitive theory of trauma.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Norwich Business School
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Employment Systems and Institutions
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	06 Aug 2014 11:02
Last Modified:	24 May 2024 01:04
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/49325
DOI:	10.1111/j.1559-1816.2010.00673.x

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