Workplace bullying and depressive symptoms: A prospective study among junior physicians in Germany

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 168-172

  Loerbroks, Adrian ^a   Weigl, Matthias ^b   Li, Jian ^a   Glaser, Jürgen ^c   Degen, Christiane ^a   Angerer, Peter ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Depression; Epidemiology; Germany; Physicians; Workplace bullying

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BULLYING; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERMANY; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; WORKPLACE; CRIME VICTIM; MEDICAL STAFF; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; BULLYING; CRIME VICTIMS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84920989052     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: 18791360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2014.10.008     Document Type: Article

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