ArticleScandinavian journal of work, environment & health2021
Sexual and gender harassment in Swedish workplaces: A prospective cohort study on implications for long-term sickness absence.
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- Bystander interventions against gender-based violence and harassment in the workplace: a scoping review.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Pooled it
- Gender-based violence and harassment at work and health and occupational outcomes. A systematic review of prospective studies.BMC public health · 2024Pooled it
- Workplace mistreatment and problem drinking among physicians in Sweden: a longitudinal study.Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2026Article
- Procedural justice, managerial leadership and gender-based harassment in the workplace: longitudinal cross-lagged associations in a Swedish cohort.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Workplace sexual harassment is associated with poor mental well-being among employees at a large Swedish university.Global health action · 2025Article
- Workplace relational injustice and authoritarian treatment as risk factors for sexual harassment at a large Swedish university: results from a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Economic gains from hypothetical improvements in the psychosocial work environment: A cohort study of 71 207 workers in Denmark.Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2025Article
- Sexual violence in the workplace and associated health outcomes: a nationwide, cross-sectional analysis of women in Iceland.The Lancet. Public health · 2024Article
- Work-related sexual and gender harassment: conceptual challenges and the need for evidence-based prevention.Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2023Article
- Gender-based harassment in Swedish workplaces and alcohol-related morbidity and mortality: A prospective cohort study.Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2023Article
- Adverse social behaviour at work and health-related employment exit: a prospective population-based four-wave survey.European journal of public health · 2023Article
- Bi-directional associations between gender-based harassment at work, psychological treatment and depressive symptoms.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Sexual and gender harassment and use of psychotropic medication among Swedish workers: a prospective cohort study.Occupational and environmental medicine · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectivesThis prospective cohort study aimed to investigate gender harassment and sexual harassment as risk factors for prospective long-term sickness absence (LTSA, ≥21 days). Furthermore, support from colleagues was investigated as a moderating factor of this association.
methodsInformation on gender harassment, sexual harassment and support by colleagues were derived from the biannual Swedish Work Environment Survey 1999-2013, a representative sample of the Swedish working population (N=64 297). Information on LTSA as well as demographic and workplace variables were added from register data. Relative rates of LTSA the year following the exposure were determined using modified Poisson regression.
resultsMonthly to daily exposure to gender harassment was a risk factor for prospective LTSA among women [rate ratio (RR) 1.04, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.02-1.05] and men (RR 1.07, 95% CI 1.04-1.10). Monthly to daily exposure to sexual harassment was also a risk factor for LTSA among women (RR 1.05, 95% CI 1.01-1.10) and men (RR 1.07, 95% CI 1.02-1.13). Exposure to sexual or gender harassment once in the last 12 months was not associated with LTSA. There was no support for an interaction between either of the exposures and support from colleagues in relation to LTSA.
conclusionsSexual harassment and gender harassment appear to contribute to a small excess risk for LTSA among women and men. For both kinds of offensive behaviors, the pervasiveness appears to be important for the outcome. The role of support by colleagues was inconclusive and needs further investigation.
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