title: Adolescent Workers' Experiences of and Training for Workplace Violence.
abstract: Adolescent workers may not be aware that violence is a safety concern in the workplace. As part of a larger mixed-methods pilot study, investigators used a self-administered survey and individual interviews with 30 adolescent workers from a chain of food service stores in a Midwestern metropolitan area to explore experiences of workplace violence (WPV) and ways of learning WPV-specific information. Participants reported experiencing verbal and sexual harassment and robberies. Most participants reported awareness of WPV-specific policies and procedures at their workplace; the ways participants reported learning WPV-specific information varied. Findings support the need for occupational safety training to assist adolescent workers prevent and mitigate potential WPV.
authors.affiliation: University of Cincinnati Carolyn.Smith@uc.edu.
authors.forename: Carolyn R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.affiliation: University of Cincinnati.
authors.forename: Gordon L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Gillespie
authors.affiliation: University of Cincinnati.
authors.forename: Theresa A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Beery
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D036301:Qualitative Research; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013663:Teaching / Q000523:psychology / Q000592:standards*; D017132:Workplace / Q000523:psychology*; D064450:Workplace Violence / Q000517:prevention & control*
keywords: adolescent; training; workplace violence