Aggression from Patients or Next of Kin and Exposure to Bullying Behaviors: A Conglomerate Experience?

Joint Authors

Reknes, Iselin
Notelaers, Guy
Magerøy, Nils
Pallesen, Ståle
Bjorvatn, Bjørn
Moen, Bente Elisabeth
Einarsen, Ståle

Source

Nursing Research and Practice

Issue

Vol. 2017, Issue 2017 (31 Dec. 2017), pp.1-12, 12 p.

Publisher

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

Publication Date

2017-02-08

Country of Publication

Egypt

No. of Pages

12

Main Subjects

Nursing

Abstract EN

Although workplace violence and aggression have been identified as important stressors in the nursing profession, studies simultaneously comparing patient-initiated aggression and exposure to bullying behaviors at work are rather scarce.

The aim of this study was to compare aggression from patients or next of kin and exposure to bullying behaviors in terms of prevalence, health-related quality of life outcomes, and potential overlap in those targeted.

In the period of 2008-2009, data were collected among 2059 members of the Norwegian Nurses Organization.

Latent class (LC) analysis and a multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) were used to investigate the proposed relationships.

The results showed that aggression from patients or next of kin and exposure to bullying behaviors were perceived as separate and independent stressors.

Although aggression from patients or next of kin was more frequent than workplace bullying, the latter was the only significant stressor related to health-related quality of life in terms of reduced mental health functioning.

Although being a rather infrequent experience, exposure to bullying behaviors seems to have more severe health-related outcomes for nurses than aggression from patients or next of kin.

Hence, the results of the study strengthen previous findings and suggest that managers must aim to maintain a positive psychosocial work environment with zero-tolerance for bullying.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Reknes, Iselin& Notelaers, Guy& Magerøy, Nils& Pallesen, Ståle& Bjorvatn, Bjørn& Moen, Bente Elisabeth…[et al.]. 2017. Aggression from Patients or Next of Kin and Exposure to Bullying Behaviors: A Conglomerate Experience?. Nursing Research and Practice،Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-12.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1193438

Modern Language Association (MLA)

Reknes, Iselin…[et al.]. Aggression from Patients or Next of Kin and Exposure to Bullying Behaviors: A Conglomerate Experience?. Nursing Research and Practice No. 2017 (2017), pp.1-12.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1193438

American Medical Association (AMA)

Reknes, Iselin& Notelaers, Guy& Magerøy, Nils& Pallesen, Ståle& Bjorvatn, Bjørn& Moen, Bente Elisabeth…[et al.]. Aggression from Patients or Next of Kin and Exposure to Bullying Behaviors: A Conglomerate Experience?. Nursing Research and Practice. 2017. Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-12.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1193438

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references

Record ID

BIM-1193438