Exposure to Workplace Bullying, Distress, and Insomnia: The Moderating Role of the miR-146a Genotype.

ABSTRACT: Several lines of evidence show that systematic exposure to negative social acts at the workplace i.e., workplace bullying, results in symptoms of depression and anxiety among those targeted. However, little is known about the association between bullying, inflammatory genes and sleep problems. In the present study, we examined the indirect association between exposure to negative social acts and sleep through distress, as moderated by the miR-146a genotype. The study was based on a nationally representative survey of 1179 Norwegian employees drawn from the Norwegian Central Employee Register by Statistics Norway. Exposure to workplace bullying was measured with the 9-item version of Negative Acts Questionnaire - Revised (NAQ-R) inventory. Seventeen items from Hopkins Symptom Checklist (HSC

SUBMITTER: Rajalingam D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6542980 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature