Changes in exposure to positive leadership behaviours and subsequent changes in workers' depressive symptoms and risk of onset of antidepressant treatment.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Using consecutive waves of a Danish nationwide survey, we investigated in a quasi-experimental design whether changes in positive leadership behaviours were associated with subsequent changes in depressive symptoms and risk of antidepressant treatment.

Methods

Sample 1 consisted of 6062 workers participating in 2012, 2014 and 2016. Sample 2 consisted of 15 619 workers participating in either 2012-2014 or 2016-2018. We measured leadership behaviours by an eight-item scale and depressive symptoms by the Major Depression Inventory (MDI) and linked register data on purchase of antidepressants. Using linear and logistic regression, we adjusted for covariates and estimated the association between changing levels of leadership behaviours and subsequent depressive symptom

SUBMITTER: Sorensen K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12911650 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature