Sex-Specific Mediation Effects of Workplace Bullying on Associations between Employees' Weight Status and Psychological Health Impairments.

ABSTRACT: Individuals with obesity face weight-related discrimination in many life domains, including workplace bullying, especially in female employees with obesity. However, associations between experiences of workplace bullying and psychological health impairments considering weight status and sex remain unclear. Within a representative population-based sample of N = 1290 employees, self-reported experiences of workplace bullying were examined for variations by weight status and sex. Using path analyses, sex-specific mediation effects of workplace bullying on associations between weight status and work-related psychological health impairments (burnout symptoms, quality of life) were tested. Employees with obesity experienced more workplace bullying than those with normal weight. Workplace bullyin

SUBMITTER: Puls HC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8625383 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature