Workplace bullying and mental health: A meta-analysis on cross-sectional and longitudinal data

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2015, Pages

  Verkuil, Bart ^a,b,c   Atasayi, Serpil ^a   Molendijk, Marc L ^a,b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Skils   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BULLYING; BURNOUT; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WORKPLACE BULLYING; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLISHING; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; BULLYING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLICATION BIAS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84943173399     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0135225     Document Type: Article

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