MMPI-2 personality profiles and suicidal ideation and behavior in victims of bullying at work: A follow-up study

Violence and Victims

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1000-1014

  Romeo, Luciano ^a   Balducci, Cristian ^b   Quintarelli, Emanuele ^a   Riolfi, Andrea ^a   Pelizza, Luisa ^a   Serpelloni, Andrea ^a   Tisato, Silvia ^a   Perbellini, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bullying at work; GHQ 12; MMPI 2; Personality profiles; Suicidal ideation and behavior

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BULLYING; CRIME VICTIM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; WORKPLACE;

BULLYING; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MMPI; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SUICIDAL IDEATION; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84894076182     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/0886-6708.VV-D-12-00092     Document Type: Article

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