Post-traumatic stress disorder as a consequence of bullying at work and at school. A literature review and meta-analysis

By M. B. Nielsen, T. Tangen, T. Idsøe, S. B. Matthiesen, N. Magerøy. 2015

268 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Bullying has been established as a prevalent traumatic stressor both in school and at workplaces. It has been claimed that the mental and physical health problems found among bullied persons resembles the symptomatology of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Yet, it is still unclear whether bullying can be considered as a precursor to PTSD. Through a review and meta-analysis of the research literature on workplace- and school bullying, the aims of this study were to determine: 1) the magnitude of the association between bullying and symptoms of PTSD, and 2) whether the clinical diagnosis of PTSD applies to the consequences of bullying. Altogether 29 relevant studies were identified. All had cross-sectional research designs. At an average, 57% of victims reported symptoms of PTSD above thresholds for caseness. A correlation of.42 (95% CI:.36-.48; p

Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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In Clinical Psychology

1. M. B. Nielsen
2. Staale Einarsen

In Social Psychology

1. M. B. Nielsen
2. Staale Einarsen
3. G. Notelaers
4. S. Knardahl
5. Lars Glasø
6. Denise Salin
7. H. Hoel
8. A. Skogstad

In Sociology and Political Science

1. M. B. Nielsen
2. Staale Einarsen
3. G. Notelaers
4. Lars Glasø
5. S. Knardahl
6. Denise Salin
7. H. Hoel
8. Dieter Zapf

Citations in the corpus

• What we know, what we do not know, and what we should and could have known about workplace bullying: An overview of the literature and agenda for future research (2018, background): “A representative study employing a five year time lag found that bullying predicted mental health problems, whereas health problems had no impact on subsequent risk of being bullied (Einarsen & Nielsen, 2015).”