Integrated Research and Treatment Center AdiposityDiseases, Behavioral Medicine Research Unit, Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University of Leipzig Medical Center, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.
Faculty of Applied Human Studies, University of Applied Sciences Magdeburg and Stendal, 39576 Stendal, Germany.
Nutrients. 2021 Oct 29;13(11):3867. doi: 10.3390/nu13113867.
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 = 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 bullying was positively associated with psychological health impairments and partially mediated the associations between higher weight status and elevated burnout symptoms and lower quality of life in women, but not in men.
The result that more experiences of workplace bullying were, compared with weight status, more strongly associated with work-related psychological health impairments in women, but not in men, uniquely extends evidence on sex-specific effects within weight-related discrimination. Continued efforts by researchers, employers, and policy makers are needed to reduce weight-related discrimination in work settings, eventually increasing employees' health and job productivity.
肥胖个体在许多生活领域都会面临与体重相关的歧视，包括职场欺凌，尤其是肥胖的女性员工。然而，考虑到体重状况和性别，职场欺凌经历与心理健康损害之间的关联尚不清楚。
在一个具有代表性的基于人群的 1290 名员工样本中，根据体重状况和性别考察了职场欺凌经历的差异。使用路径分析，检验了职场欺凌对体重状况与工作相关的心理健康损害（倦怠症状、生活质量）之间关联的性别特异性中介效应。
肥胖员工比体重正常的员工经历更多的职场欺凌。职场欺凌与心理健康损害呈正相关，并部分中介了较高的体重状况与女性中更高的倦怠症状和更低的生活质量之间的关联，但在男性中没有。
与体重状况相比，更多的职场欺凌经历与女性的工作相关心理健康损害更密切相关，而与男性无关，这一结果独特地扩展了体重相关歧视中的性别特异性效应证据。研究人员、雇主和政策制定者需要继续努力，减少工作场所的体重歧视，最终提高员工的健康和工作效率。
