Experienced Bullying and Hostile Behavior in the Workplace and Symptoms of Burnout in Teachers

Mościcka-Teske, Agnieszka; Drabek, Marcin; Pyżalski, Jacek

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“…The results of the study carried out among Polish teachers suggested the prevalence of bullying at the rate of 7% [12]. Our results indicated that job strain and low social support were associated with psychological distress in model II (OR for job strain was 2.02, 95% CI: 1.27-3.23, OR for low social support was 2.19, 95% CI: 1.31-3.65).…”

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Workplace bullying and mental health among teachers in relation to psychosocial job characteristics and burnout

Bernotaite¹,

Malinauskienė²

2017

Int J Occup Med Environ Health

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Objectives: The objective of the study has been to assess the associations between psychological distress and exposure to workplace bullying, taking into account possible influence of adverse psychosocial job characteristics and occupational burnout in a sample of Kaunas (Lithuania) teachers. Material and Methods: The study sample included 517 teachers from 13 secondary schools and was conducted in 2014. The participants filled in the anonymous questionnaire (response rate 71.3%). Twenty-two-item Negative Acts Questionnaire (H. Hoel and S. Einarsen) was used for measuring the exposure to workplace bullying, Goldberg 12-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) -psychological distress, Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) -occupational burnout, Karasek Demand-Control questionnaire -psychosocial job stressors. The IBM SPSS Statistics version 20.0 was used for performing the statistical analysis. Associations between psychological distress, exposure to workplace bullying, psychosocial job characteristics and occupational burnout were analyzed in the logistic regression and expressed in terms of odds ratios (OR). Statistical significance was determined using the 95% confidence interval (CI) level. Results: Workplace bullying was prevalent among Kaunas teachers (occasional -8.3%, severe -2.9%). Twenty-five percent of teachers suffered from psychological distress. High emotional exhaustion was found in 25.6% of them, high depersonalization in 10.6% and low personal achievement in 33.7% of cases. Almost a half of respondents (47.4%) reported job strain and 59.6% -low social support at work. Occasional and severe bullying was associated with psychological distress after adjusting to job strain, social support and emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, personal accomplishment (adjusted OR was 3.27, 95% CI: 1.56-6.84 for occasional and 4.98, 95% CI: 1.27-19.62 for severe bullying). Conclusions: Occasional and severe bullying were strong predictors for psychological distress. Burnout did not mediate those associations. The effect of job strain and low social support decreased to the insignificant level in the final model. Preventive measures are necessary to improve psychosocial working conditions in secondary education institutions. Int J Occup Med Environ Health 2017;30(4):629-640

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“…While the causes of burnout are complex, some studies have linked the experience of workplace violence with higher rates of burnout [12,20,21,38], but the interdependence of bullying with burnout on mental health is sometimes controversial.…”

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Workplace bullying and mental health among teachers in relation to psychosocial job characteristics and burnout

Bernotaite¹,

Malinauskienė²

2017

Int J Occup Med Environ Health

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“…In this study we have found the prevalence of workplace bullying in the sample of Kaunas teachers at the rate of 4.1%. In the sample of Polish teachers where the frequency and the type of hostile behavior were measured using locally developed questionnaire, the prevalence of workplace bullying was at the rate of 7% [24], in the Croatian sample every 5th teacher (22.4%) declared exposure to different kinds of harassment during last 12 months and every 10th (11.5%) one complained about having psychological health problems caused by work [25].…”

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Bullying behavior and mental health in healthcare and educational sectors in Kaunas, Lithuania

Bernotaite¹,

Malinauskienė²,

Leišytė³

2017

Med Pr

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Background: Investigations on workplace bullying in the countries of Eastern Europe are yet not too extensive. The aim of the study has been to identify the most frequent bullying behavior and to explore the associations with psychological distress and post-traumatic stress symptoms in 3 female-dominated occupations in Kaunas, Lithuania. Material and Methods: This crosssectional study employed 517 teachers (response rate (RR) = 71.3%), 174 family physicians (RR = 65.7%) and 311 internal medicine department nurses (RR = 69.1%). The twenty-two-item Negative Acts Questionnaire was used for measuring the exposure to bullying behavior, Goldberg 12-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) -psychological distress, Event Scale-Revised (IES-R) inventory -post-traumatic stress symptoms, Karasek & Theorell Demand-Control questionnaire -psychosocial job characteristics. The International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) SPSS Statistics version 20.0 was used for performing the statistical analysis. Logistic regression was used for assessing the associations among 22 negative acts as continuous variable and mental health outcomes adjusting to age, psychosocial factors at work and everyday life. Results: Exposure to workplace bullying behavior on a weekly/daily basis was prevalent among family physicians at the rate of 19%, among nurses -12.9%, among teachers -4.1%. Even after adjustment to age, psychosocial job characteristics and threatening life events, the exposure to 22 negative acts as continuous variable was significantly associated with psychological distress and post-traumatic stress symptoms for all 3 occupations. Conclusions: Health care sector is particularly affected by workplace bullying. Exposure to bullying behavior was associated with mental health problems for all 3 occupations. Preventive measures are necessary to improve psychosocial work environment conditions in healthcare and educational institutions in Lithuania. Med Pr 2017;68(3):307-314

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“…Według badań Mościckiej-Teske i wsp. przeprowadzonych w grupie 1214 nauczycieli 58% badanych doznało wrogich zachowań, a na mobbing było narażonych 9% nauczycieli [37].…”

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Selected chronic diseases and their risk factors in teachers

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Szyjkowska

Siedlecka

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Med Pr

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StreszczenieChoroby przewlekłe stanowią duży problem w wymiarach indywidualnym, społecznym i ekonomicznym oraz są przyczyną 60% zgonów na świecie, a szacuje się, że w 2020 r. odsetek ten wzrośnie do 72%. Wśród chorób przewlekłych największą grupę stanowią choroby układu krążenia (30%), nowotwory (13%), choroby układu oddechowego (7%) i cukrzyca (2%). Ich główne czynniki ryzyka to niezdrowa dieta, brak aktywności fizycznej i palenie tytoniu. Istotną rolę odgrywają także czynniki zawodowe i środowiskowe -u nauczycieli jest to hałas, na który skarży się 25% mężczyzn i 38% kobiet. W Polsce nie ma baz danych dotyczących chorób przewlekłych i ich czynników ryzyka w poszczególnych grupach zawodowych, w tym w grupie nauczycieli. Dobrze rozpoznany jest tylko problem zaburzeń głosu jako choroby zawodowej. Wśród nauczycieli w Polsce przeprowadzono nieliczne badania stanu zdrowia i stylu życia, ale ich wyników nie można uogólniać, gdyż badania były prowadzone różnymi metodami, w niewielkich grupach i w różnych regionach kraju. Z reprezentatywnego badania GUS pracowników działu "Edukacja" (brak danych o grupie samych nauczycieli) wśród problemów zdrowotnych dominowały dolegliwości ze strony układu mięśniowo--szkieletowego (bóle pleców -21,9%, bóle szyi, barku, ramion lub rąk, bioder, nóg i stóp -po ok. 10%). Bóle głowy lub przemęczenie oczu występowało u 14,6% badanych, stres, depresja i niepokój -u 7,3%, a choroby układu krążenia -u 4,6%. W celu ograniczenia występowania wśród nauczycieli chorób przewlekłych i ich negatywnych skutków należałoby podjąć wielokierunkowe działania, których pierwszym etapem powinno być przygotowanie diagnozy dotyczącej sytuacji zdrowotnej nauczycieli oraz czynników ryzyka chorób przewlekłych. Określenie problemów zdrowotnych tak ważnej grupy zawodowej jest istotnym zagadnieniem zdrowia publicznego. Med. AbstractChronic diseases (ChDs) pose an essential problem from an individual, social and economic point of view. It is estimated that they account for 60% of all deaths worldwide, and this share is expected to rise to 72% by 2020. The most prevalent are cardiovascular diseases (30%), cancers (13%), respiratory diseases (7%), and diabetes (2%). Their major risk factors include unhealthy diet, the lack of physical activity, and tobacco smoking. Of significance are also occupational and environmental hazards. Among teachers, the factor with the highest impact is noise, reported by 25% of male and 38% of female teachers. In Poland, there are no databases on ChDs or risk factors in teachers; only voice disorders are well-recognized as an occupational disease. Only a few studies of health and lifestyle were conducted among teachers in Poland, but they cannot be generalized because they were carried out with different methods, in small groups of people and in various regions in the country. A representative study carried out by Statistics Poland (GUS) among education employees (with no separate data for teachers) revealed that the most prevalent were musculoskeletal disorders, including back-pain (21.9%)...

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Experienced Bullying and Hostile Behavior in the Workplace and Symptoms of Burnout in Teachers

Cited by 13 publications

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Workplace bullying and mental health among teachers in relation to psychosocial job characteristics and burnout

Workplace bullying and mental health among teachers in relation to psychosocial job characteristics and burnout

Bullying behavior and mental health in healthcare and educational sectors in Kaunas, Lithuania

Selected chronic diseases and their risk factors in teachers

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