Workplace violence, post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms, and personality

Janković, Marija; Sijtsema, Jelle J.; Reitz, Anne K.; Masthoff, Erik; Bogaerts, Stefan

doi:10.1016/j.paid.2020.110410

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“…work engagement). Conversely, employees with lower levels of emotional stability will perceive the performance pressure as a threat rather than a challenge because they are often nervous, have low self-esteem and are unable to handle the stress effectively (Jankovic et al, 2021), which will ultimately affect their work engagement. Thus, we hypothesize following:…”

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Linking performance pressure to employee work engagement: the moderating role of emotional stability

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2021

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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the mediating role of threat and challenge appraisals in the relationship between performance pressure and employees' work engagement, as well as the buffering role of emotional stability, as a personal characteristic, in this process.Design/methodology/approachData were collected using a three-wave research design. Hypotheses were examined with a sample of 247 white-collar employees from French organizations.FindingsPerformance pressure is appraised as either threat or challenge. Challenge appraisal positively mediated the performance pressure and work engagement relationship, whereas threat appraisal negatively mediated the performance pressure and work engagement relationship. Emotional stability moderated these effects, suggesting performance pressure was appraised as a challenge rather than a threat, which then enhanced employee work engagement.Practical implicationsThis study has shown that employees with high emotional stability who perceived performance pressure as a challenge achieved stronger employee work engagement.Originality/valueBuilding on Lazare's theory of stress and Mitchell et al. 's theorization, this research demonstrates mediating and moderating mechanisms driving the role of performance pressure on employee work engagement relationships.

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Section: Moderating Role Of Emotional Stabilitymentioning

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Linking performance pressure to employee work engagement: the moderating role of emotional stability

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2021

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“…According to the Jobs Demand Resource Model (50), workers who have insufficient personal resources to meet the demands of the job may experience a variety of negative consequences, such as burnout and reduced psychological well-being. As mentioned previously, forensic healthcare workers are at greater risk of being victimized by patients and are therefore in a constant state of alertness at the workplace [e.g., (2)]. However, for some workers, job requirements in this highly stressful and dangerous working environment may exceed their ability to respond appropriately.…”

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“…Yet, working with forensic patients is highly demanding due to the nature of the population and their specific behavioral characteristics. Indeed, research has shown that workplace aggression is significantly more common in forensic psychiatry compared to general psychiatry (2). Therefore, forensic healthcare workers may be particularly at risk for lower psychological well-being (3), hence being more vulnerable to the effects of stressful work-related life events.…”

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“…In addition, most aggressive outbreaks are unpredictable and can be triggered by personal factors (e.g., psychopathology), environmental factors (e.g., tensions in the living group), and the interaction between personal and environmental factors (6). Hence, the forensic healthcare worker is constantly in a state of alertness (2). Besides, forensic patients are often not intrinsically motivated to change deviant behavior, thereby hindering their susceptibility to forensic treatment and potentially increasing the frustration of staff (7).…”

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Associations Between Resilience, Psychological Well-Being, Work-Related Stress and Covid-19 Fear in Forensic Healthcare Workers Using a Network Analysis

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Forensic healthcare workers deal with patients with severe psychiatric and behavioral problems that put them at an increased risk of developing work-related stress and burnout. Working with this target group of patients during the Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic with far-reaching restrictive measures can negatively affect the psychological well-being of forensic workers. Research suggests that resilience can buffer workplace stress and contribute positively to psychological well-being. However, research on resilience, psychological well-being and work-related stress among forensic healthcare workers is still lacking. Therefore, in this study, we investigated the interrelations between psychological well-being and resilience on the one hand and work-related stress and Covid-19 fear-related symptoms on the other hand. Self-report data were obtained from 318 healthcare workers (73.9% women) working in three Forensic Psychiatric Centers (M age = 44.20, SD = 14.31) and are in direct contact with forensic patients. The data were analyzed using network analysis. Consistent with previous research, the results showed that workplace stress and fear associated with the Covid-19 pandemic can be detrimental to workers' psychological well-being, while resilience can serve as a protective factor against being personally attacked or threatened by patients at the workplace. Last but not least, we identified highly central symptoms, namely tremors due to the fear of the coronavirus and anxiety when other people coughing, which would be the best candidates for future treatment targets. This knowledge can help clinicians optimize interventions to reduce workplace stress and fear due to the pandemic. Future studies should aim to replicate our findings in a larger and more representative sample of forensic healthcare workers.

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“…One reason for this is that the length of stay in forensic clinics is usually very long, thus collecting repeated measurements can be quite intensive and time-consuming. Especially for the forensic healthcare professionals who work with this challenging group of patients ( 14 ), collecting data at multiple time points can considerably increase their workload. Another reason has to do with obtaining sufficient statistical power due to the specificity of high-risk psychiatric patients staying in secure forensic facilities.…”

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The Long-Term Changes in Dynamic Risk and Protective Factors Over Time in a Nationwide Sample of Dutch Forensic Psychiatric Patients

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The long-term changes of dynamic risk and protective factors have rarely been studied in forensic psychiatric patients. We utilized a latent growth curve analysis to investigate trajectories of risk and protective factors over time in all 722 male forensic psychiatric patients who were unconditionally released between 2004 and 2014 from any of 12 Dutch forensic psychiatric centers (FPCs). The study covered the period from juridical observation until unconditional release. Moreover, we investigated whether these trajectories differ between patients depending on their psychiatric diagnosis namely substance use disorders (SUD), psychotic disorders, and cluster B personality disorders (PDs). In addition, we also investigated whether SUD may influence changes in risk and protective factors in a group of psychotic and cluster B PDs patients, respectively. Overall, findings suggest that all changes in dynamic risk and protective factors could be depicted by two phases of patients' stay in the FPCs. Specifically, most changes on dynamic risk and protective factors occurred at the beginning of treatment, that is, from the time of juridical assessment up to the time of unguided leave. Moreover, the moment of unguided leave could be considered the ‘turning point’ in the treatment of offenders. We also found that SUD and psychotic patients changed the most in the first phase of their stay, while cluster B PDs patients changed the most in the second phase. However, SUD did not modify changes in risk and protective factors in psychotic and cluster B PDs patients. These findings may help improve offender treatment and crime prevention strategies.

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Workplace violence, post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms, and personality

Cited by 14 publications

References 31 publications

Linking performance pressure to employee work engagement: the moderating role of emotional stability

Linking performance pressure to employee work engagement: the moderating role of emotional stability

Associations Between Resilience, Psychological Well-Being, Work-Related Stress and Covid-19 Fear in Forensic Healthcare Workers Using a Network Analysis

The Long-Term Changes in Dynamic Risk and Protective Factors Over Time in a Nationwide Sample of Dutch Forensic Psychiatric Patients

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