Workplace bullying and post-traumatic stress symptoms among family physicians in Lithuania: An occupation and region specific approach

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 919-932

  Malinauskiene, Vilija ^a,b   Einarsen, Staale ^c  

^a LITHUANIAN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Lithuania)

^b LITHUANIAN SPORTS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bullying; Occupational; Physicians; Post traumatic stress; Psychosocial; Sense of coherence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BULLYING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LITHUANIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WORKPLACE; WORKPLACE VIOLENCE;

ADULT; BULLYING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LITHUANIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PREVALENCE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WORKPLACE; WORKPLACE VIOLENCE;

EID: 84925491237     PISSN: 12321087     EISSN: 1896494X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s13382-014-0328-y     Document Type: Article

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