title: Workplace psychological harassment in Canadian nurses: a descriptive study.
abstract: This descriptive study investigated workplace psychological harassment in a sample of 1179 Canadian nurses. Two complementary types of assessment were used: exposure to negative behaviors and perceived victimization. Results revealed that exposure to negative behaviors was associated with certain sociodemographic variables (i.e. job status and the amount of overtime performed weekly), lower psychological health, and poorer functioning at work. Although many nurses reported being exposed to negative behaviors, few perceived these behaviors as psychological harassment per se. However, regardless of perceptions of victimization, exposure to negative behaviors was detrimental to nurses' psychological health and functioning at work. Practical implications are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Canada. sarah-genevieve.trepanier@uqtr.ca
authors.forename: Sarah-Geneviève
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Trépanier
authors.forename: Claude
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fernet
authors.forename: Stéphanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Austin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000523:psychology*; D016272:Occupational Health; D019555:Physician-Nurse Relations; D011792:Quebec; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012919:Social Behavior; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires