title: The use of cognitive reappraisal and humour as coping strategies for bullied nurses.
abstract: This article explores the repercussions of workplace bullying on nurses and the health-care profession as a whole. I discuss the nature of workplace bullying and draw upon prior studies to explore some of the barriers that prevent witnesses to bullying from intervening, as well as barriers faced by targets in taking action to stop the bullying. As overt forms of resistance are often not feasible in situations where nurses occupy subordinate positions to their bullies, I propose that cognitive reappraisal can be an effective coping strategy, and situate this perspective within the research on humour, hope and optimism.
authors.affiliation: National Dropout Prevention Center for Students with Disabilities, Clemson, South Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wilkins
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D058445:Bullying; D003071:Cognition; D006801:Humans; D014925:Wit and Humor as Topic; D017132:Workplace
keywords: cognitive reappraisal; coping strategies; humour; workplace bullying.