title: Workplace mobbing and effects on workers' health.
abstract: In this work, we analyze various consequences of the phenomenon of mobbing on the health of a work sector with special characteristics: the agro fruit sector. For this purpose, we collected data from a sample of 396 workers (61 men and 331 women) belonging to this sector in the Region of Murcia (Spain). A questionnaire with the following measurement instruments was administered: a Spanish adaptation of the revised Negative Acts Questionnaire (Sáez, García, & Llor, 2003), the Psychosomatic Problems Questionnaire (Hock, 1988), and a measure of absenteeism. The results revealed a significant and positive relation between workplace mobbing and psychosomatic symptoms, but not with absenteeism. The implications of the results for future research are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Psicología, Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, Spain. marianom@um.es
authors.forename: Mariano
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Meseguer de Pedro
authors.forename: María Isabel
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Soler Sánchez
authors.forename: María Concepción
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Sáez Navarro
authors.forename: Mariano
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: García Izquierdo
mesh_terms: D000041:Absenteeism; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006608:Hierarchy, Social; D006791:Hostility; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011594:Psychometrics; D012737:Sex Factors; D012919:Social Behavior; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D013030:Spain; D017132:Workplace