Sulejmanov Filip, Petr Kryštof, Gambová Jana, Platt Tracey, Seitl Martin
Department of Psychology, Palacký University Olomouc, Olomouc, Czechia.
School of Psychology, University of Sunderland, Sunderland, United Kingdom.
Front Psychol. 2024 Apr 25;15:1400940. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1400940. eCollection 2024.
The role of Big Five personality traits in exposure to workplace bullying has been a focus of numerous studies. Yet less is known about the incremental validity of narrower personality constructs. The aim of the present study was to investigate the incremental effect of gelotophobia (the fear of being laughed at) in predicting exposure to workplace bullying beyond the Big Five personality domains. The sample comprised 328 employees (77% females) from different regions of the Czech Republic. Correlational analysis showed that negative emotionality and gelotophobia were related to workplace bullying in theoretically expected ways. Results from a multiple regression indicated that gelotophobia had an incremental effect in predicting exposure to workplace bullying over and above the personality domains. Overall, this study provides new insights and extends previous investigations concerning the role of gelotophobia in workplace bullying. We also discuss the limitations of our study and provide suggestions for future research.
“大五”人格特质在遭遇职场霸凌方面所起的作用一直是众多研究的焦点。然而，对于更狭义的人格结构的增量效度，人们了解得较少。本研究的目的是探究恐笑症（即害怕被嘲笑）在预测职场霸凌方面超出“大五”人格领域的增量效应。样本包括来自捷克共和国不同地区的328名员工（77%为女性）。相关分析表明，消极情绪和恐笑症与职场霸凌的关联符合理论预期。多元回归结果显示，恐笑症在预测职场霸凌方面，除了人格领域之外还具有增量效应。总体而言，本研究提供了新的见解，并扩展了先前关于恐笑症在职场霸凌中作用的调查。我们还讨论了研究的局限性，并为未来研究提供了建议。
