The Moderating Roles of Resilience and Coping Strategy on Well-Being of Victimized Forensic Workers.

ABSTRACT: Previous research on workplace victimization has often disregarded forensic psychiatric populations and not yet been extended to the coronavirus pandemic. The present study expected the isolation of the government-issued lockdown to increase aggressive behavior in forensic patients, ultimately decreasing the general well-being of victimized forensic workers. Possible buffering protective factors (resilience and active coping) and enhancing risk factors (avoidant coping and passive coping) were investigated with the intention of optimizing the general well-being of at-risk forensic workers. The valid sample (N = 311) consisted of Dutch and Belgian forensic workers (74.6% females) with at least 9 hours of weekly patient contact, and with a mean age of 37.99 (SD = 12.20). Partic

SUBMITTER: Rou C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11610200 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature