[Do people with mobbing experience which apply for medical rehabilitation have a peculiar personality?].
Recently results find that victims of mobbing place themselves apart because of their personality types. This study deals with the question whether a difference between victims of mobbing and those non victims can be determined as far as depression, fear and personality type is concerned.


METHODS
Anonymous questionnaires including anxiety-, depression- and personalityscales were sent to 1 000 insured whose application for medical rehabilitation had been granted.


RESULTS
25% of the applicants felt they had been mobbed. 60% of the victims suffered from psychic disorders. The values for depression and anxiety and the mark in the personality scale were significantly high.


CONCLUSIONS
Mobbing is a relatively common problem for patients in rehabilitation which has to be taken seriously. Although it can not be resolved which direction has to be taken by judging cause and effect. It should be checked if there is enough support during medical rehabilitation for the victims of mobbing.
Kobelt
Axel
A
Deutsche Rentenversicherung Braunschweig-Hannover, Abt. IV, Hannover. axel.kobelt@drv-bsh.de
Gutenbrunner
Christoph
C
Schmid-Ott
Gerhard
G
Schwickerath
Josef
J
Petermann
Franz
F
D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010556:Personality Tests; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D017132:Workplace