ArticleFrontiers in psychology2017
Does Ability to Defend Moderate the Association between Exposure to Bullying and Symptoms of Anxiety?
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- Risk Factors for Workplace Bullying: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Pooled it
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- Leaders as the targets of workplace bullying - prevalence and outcomes.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2024Article
- The Impact of Workplace Bullying on Turnover Intention and Psychological Distress: The Indirect Role of Support from Supervisors.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Does Academic Burnout Alleviate or Exacerbate Internet Dependence in University Students with Depression and Anxiety?Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment · 2024Article
- Beyond Bullying, Aggression, Discrimination, and Social Safety: Development of an Integrated Negative Work Behavior Questionnaire (INWBQ).International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- The reverse buffering effect of workplace attachment style on the relationship between workplace bullying and work engagement.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Mapping of pituitary stress-induced gene regulation connects Nrcam to negative emotions.iScience · 2022Article
- Assessing Workplace Bullying and Its Outcomes: The Paradoxical Role of Perceived Power Imbalance Between Target and Perpetrator.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Women and men, authors and victims of workplace bullying in Italy: a literature review.La Medicina del lavoro · 2020Review
- Accumulated Long-Term Exposure to Workplace Bullying Impairs Psychological Hardiness: A Five-Year Longitudinal Study among Nurses.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Organizational Prevention and Management Strategies for Workplace Aggression Among Child Protection Workers: A Project Protocol for the Oslo Workplace Aggression Survey (OWAS).Frontiers in psychology · 2020Article
- Gender Matters: Workplace Bullying, Gender, and Mental Health.Frontiers in psychology · 2020Article
- Workplace Bullying and Medically Certified Sickness Absence: Direction of Associations and the Moderating Role of Leader Behavior.Frontiers in psychology · 2019Article
- Workplace Bullying, Anxiety, and Job Performance: Choosing Between "Passive Resistance" or "Swallowing the Insult"?Frontiers in psychology · 2019Article
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Abstract
In the context of workplace bullying, the ability to defend refers to whether or not a target feels able to deal with those negative behaviors that typically constitute bullying. The aim of this study was to determine whether the perceived ability to defend oneself moderates the association between exposure to bullying behaviors at work and symptoms of anxiety as predicted by the definition of workplace bullying. It was hypothesized that exposure to bullying behaviors would be more strongly related to symptoms of anxiety among targets feeling unable to defend oneself than among targets who do feel that they are able to defend themselves in the actual situation. This survey study was based on a probability sample of 1,608 Norwegian employees (response rate 32%). Only respondents exposed to at least one bullying behavior were included (
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