Attell Brandon K, Kummerow Brown Kiersten, Treiber Linda A
Georgia Health Policy Center, Georgia State University, P.O. Box 3992, Atlanta, GA 30302-5020, USA.
Department of Sociology, Georgia State University, Langdale Hall 1061, P.O. Box 5020, Atlanta, GA 30302-5020, USA.
Soc Sci Res. 2017 Jul;65:210-221. doi: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2017.02.001. Epub 2017 Feb 11.
A large body of empirical research documents the adverse mental health consequences of workplace bullying. However, less is known about gender and race differences in the processes that link workplace bullying and poor mental health. In the current study, we use structural equation modeling of survey data from the 2010 Health and Retirement Study (N = 2292) and draw on stress process theory to examine coworker support as a buffering mechanism against workplace bullying, and gender and race differences in the relationships between bullying and psychological distress. The results of the analysis indicate that coworker support serves as a protective buffer against workplace bullying, although the buffering effect is relatively small. We also find that the effects of workplace bullying more heavily impact women and persons of color. Specifically, women and African American individuals in our sample were less protected from the buffering mechanism of co-worker social support.
大量实证研究记录了职场霸凌对心理健康的不利影响。然而，对于职场霸凌与心理健康不佳之间的关联过程中的性别和种族差异，我们知之甚少。在当前的研究中，我们使用2010年健康与退休研究（N = 2292）的调查数据进行结构方程建模，并借鉴压力过程理论来检验同事支持作为抵御职场霸凌的缓冲机制，以及霸凌与心理困扰之间关系中的性别和种族差异。分析结果表明，同事支持可作为抵御职场霸凌的保护性缓冲因素，尽管这种缓冲作用相对较小。我们还发现，职场霸凌的影响对女性和有色人种的影响更大。具体而言，我们样本中的女性和非裔美国人较少受到同事社会支持这一缓冲机制的保护。
