title: Psychological harassment in the nursing workplace: an observational study.
abstract: Psychological harassment in the workplace involves disrespectful or humiliating behavior to workers. Nurses make up one of the groups that are most exposed to these behaviors. This descriptive study investigated the most common types of psychological harassment in the nursing workplace and their relationship with sociodemographic variables among 285 nurses in Spain. Findings indicate differences in the prevalence of psychological harassment depending on the criterion that was used. Psychological harassment is positively correlated with a desire to abandon the profession and negatively with participation in decision making. The results suggest combining different measures to evaluate psychological harassment in the workplace and zero-tolerance polices for psychological abuse.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing and Physiotherapy,University of Balearic Islands, Spain. joana.fornes@uib.es
authors.forename: Joana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fornés
authors.forename: Meiremar
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cardoso
authors.forename: Joana Maria
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Castelló
authors.forename: Margalida
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gili
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology*; D015995:Prevalence; D012919:Social Behavior; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D017132:Workplace / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055815:Young Adult