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KMID : 0358520090210040314
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Korean Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
2009 Volume.21 No. 4 p.314 ~ p.323
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Depressive Symptoms of Workplace Violence Exposed Subjects in Korea
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Byun Chang-Bum
Youn Kan-Woo
Pack Do-Myung
Jung-Choi Kyunghee
Cho Yun-Ho
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Abstract
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Objectives: This study was conducted to evaluate the association between workplace violence and depression
Methods: In total, 2236 employees who were providing services at hotels, casinos and amusement halls were used in this study. A structured questionnaire was used to assess exposures to violence, which was classified into physical violence, verbal violence, sexual harassment and bullying together with jobs and sociodemographic factors. Depressive symptoms were assessed using the Korean Beck depression inventory-II (BDI-II). Those with total BDI-II score over 22 points were defined as people with depression.
Results: Prevalence of depression among subjects exposed to any violence was higher than those who were not exposed to violence. After adjusting covariates, the odds ratio of depression was 2.47 (95% CI;1.13~5.39) for sexually harassed male subjects (n=72, 4.90%), 3.22 (95% CI; 1.51~6.87) for bullied male subjects (n=570, 38.83%), and 2.57 (95% CI; 1.52~4.32) for bullied female subjects (n=447, 58.20%).
Conclusions: The results of this study suggest that depression can be an important psychological issue to those exposed to workplace violence in Korea. First of all, acknowledgement of the problem should be made in the workplace. Exalting public awareness and transforming work ethics and culture is cardinal to making this a social rather than an individual problem.
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KEYWORD
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Workplace violence, Bullying, Depression
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