Rehman Wali Ur, Bilal Atif, Allen Matthew
Essex Business School, University of Essex, Colchester, UK.
Bristol Business School, University of West England, Bristol, UK.
Stress Health. 2025 Feb;41(1):e70008. doi: 10.1002/smi.70008.
In recent years, workplace violence has become an escalating concern, particularly within the healthcare sector. Healthcare workers, who dedicate their lives to caring for others, are increasingly facing violence within their workplaces as evidenced by existing studies. However, literature overlooks complex associations between workplace violence, workplace stress, and domestic violence and stress. This article explores the phenomenon of workplace violence among healthcare workers through the lens of Spillover Theory and investigates impact of workplace violence on domestic stress with single and sequential mediation of workplace stress and domestic violence. Our findings of MEDTHREE analysis of time-lagged data indicate that individuals who experience workplace violence are more likely to exhibit stress, which ultimately becomes a cause of domestic violence. The study highlights how spillover theory can help to explain how workplace violence can trigger violence and stress in the home environment. The research highlights the need for a support system and targeted interventions to address the issue of workplace violence to mitigate its spillover effects into domestic violence. With the help of the findings, the organisational decision makers can develop comprehensive strategies to mitigate the harmful consequences of the workplace violence to provide safe and healthy environment at work and home settings.
近年来，工作场所暴力已成为一个日益严重的问题，尤其是在医疗保健领域。现有研究表明，那些致力于照顾他人的医护人员在工作场所越来越多地面临暴力。然而，文献忽略了工作场所暴力、工作压力以及家庭暴力和压力之间的复杂关联。本文通过溢出理论的视角探讨医护人员工作场所暴力现象，并研究工作场所暴力通过工作压力和家庭暴力的单一及顺序中介对家庭压力的影响。我们对滞后数据进行MEDTHREE分析的结果表明，经历工作场所暴力的个体更有可能表现出压力，而这最终成为家庭暴力的一个原因。该研究凸显了溢出理论如何有助于解释工作场所暴力如何引发家庭环境中的暴力和压力。这项研究强调需要一个支持系统和有针对性的干预措施来解决工作场所暴力问题，以减轻其对家庭暴力的溢出效应。借助这些研究结果，组织决策者可以制定全面的策略来减轻工作场所暴力的有害后果，从而在工作场所和家庭环境中提供安全健康的环境。
