Coping with workplace violence in healthcare settings: Social support and strategies

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 14429-14444

  Zhao, Siqi ^a   Liu, He ^a   Ma, Hongkun ^a   Jiao, Mingli ^a,b   Li, Ye ^a   Hao, Yanhua ^a   Sun, Yihua ^c   Gao, Lijun ^a   Hong, Sun ^a   Kang, Zheng ^a   Wu, Qunhong ^a   Qiao, Hong ^a  

^a HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES   (China)

^c SHANGHAI MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Healthcare workers; Social support; Strategies; Workplace violence

Indexed keywords

COPING STRATEGY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH WORKER; PSYCHOLOGY; STRATEGIC APPROACH; VIOLENCE; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LAW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSICAL VIOLENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL VIOLENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHIFT WORKER; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VIOLENCE; WORKPLACE VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WORKPLACE VIOLENCE;

EID: 84947204659     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph121114429     Document Type: Article

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