Sex-Specific Mediation Effects of Workplace Bullying on Associations between Employees’ Weight Status and Psychological Health Impairments

Background: Individuals with obesity face weight-related discrimination in many life domains, including workplace bullying, especially in female employees with obesity. However, associations between experiences of workplace bullying and psychological health impairments considering weight status and...

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Autores principales:	Hans-Christian Puls, Ricarda Schmidt, Markus Zenger, Hanna Kampling, Johannes Kruse, Elmar Brähler, Anja Hilbert
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	weight discrimination workplace bullying burnout sex-specific differences moderated mediation Nutrition. Foods and food supply TX341-641
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:fa43bd27d36b4a93bcc16aed38fec1c32021-11-25T18:34:47ZSex-Specific Mediation Effects of Workplace Bullying on Associations between Employees’ Weight Status and Psychological Health Impairments10.3390/nu131138672072-6643https://doaj.org/article/fa43bd27d36b4a93bcc16aed38fec1c32021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/13/11/3867https://doaj.org/toc/2072-6643Background: Individuals with obesity face weight-related discrimination in many life domains, including workplace bullying, especially in female employees with obesity. However, associations between experiences of workplace bullying and psychological health impairments considering weight status and sex remain unclear. Methods: Within a representative population-based sample of <i>N</i> = 1290 employees, self-reported experiences of workplace bullying were examined for variations by weight status and sex. Using path analyses, sex-specific mediation effects of workplace bullying on associations between weight status and work-related psychological health impairments (burnout symptoms, quality of life) were tested. Results: Employees with obesity experienced more workplace bullying than those with normal weight. Workplace bullying was positively associated with psychological health impairments and partially mediated the associations between higher weight status and elevated burnout symptoms and lower quality of life in women, but not in men. Conclusions: The result that more experiences of workplace bullying were, compared with weight status, more strongly associated with work-related psychological health impairments in women, but not in men, uniquely extends evidence on sex-specific effects within weight-related discrimination. Continued efforts by researchers, employers, and policy makers are needed to reduce weight-related discrimination in work settings, eventually increasing employees’ health and job productivity.Hans-Christian PulsRicarda SchmidtMarkus ZengerHanna KamplingJohannes KruseElmar BrählerAnja HilbertMDPI AGarticleweight discriminationworkplace bullyingburnoutsex-specific differencesmoderated mediationNutrition. Foods and food supplyTX341-641ENNutrients, Vol 13, Iss 3867, p 3867 (2021)
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spellingShingle	weight discrimination workplace bullying burnout sex-specific differences moderated mediation Nutrition. Foods and food supply TX341-641 Hans-Christian Puls Ricarda Schmidt Markus Zenger Hanna Kampling Johannes Kruse Elmar Brähler Anja Hilbert Sex-Specific Mediation Effects of Workplace Bullying on Associations between Employees’ Weight Status and Psychological Health Impairments
description	Background: Individuals with obesity face weight-related discrimination in many life domains, including workplace bullying, especially in female employees with obesity. However, associations between experiences of workplace bullying and psychological health impairments considering weight status and sex remain unclear. Methods: Within a representative population-based sample of <i>N</i> = 1290 employees, self-reported experiences of workplace bullying were examined for variations by weight status and sex. Using path analyses, sex-specific mediation effects of workplace bullying on associations between weight status and work-related psychological health impairments (burnout symptoms, quality of life) were tested. Results: Employees with obesity experienced more workplace bullying than those with normal weight. Workplace bullying was positively associated with psychological health impairments and partially mediated the associations between higher weight status and elevated burnout symptoms and lower quality of life in women, but not in men. Conclusions: The result that more experiences of workplace bullying were, compared with weight status, more strongly associated with work-related psychological health impairments in women, but not in men, uniquely extends evidence on sex-specific effects within weight-related discrimination. Continued efforts by researchers, employers, and policy makers are needed to reduce weight-related discrimination in work settings, eventually increasing employees’ health and job productivity.
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author	Hans-Christian Puls Ricarda Schmidt Markus Zenger Hanna Kampling Johannes Kruse Elmar Brähler Anja Hilbert
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title	Sex-Specific Mediation Effects of Workplace Bullying on Associations between Employees’ Weight Status and Psychological Health Impairments
title_short	Sex-Specific Mediation Effects of Workplace Bullying on Associations between Employees’ Weight Status and Psychological Health Impairments
title_full	Sex-Specific Mediation Effects of Workplace Bullying on Associations between Employees’ Weight Status and Psychological Health Impairments
title_fullStr	Sex-Specific Mediation Effects of Workplace Bullying on Associations between Employees’ Weight Status and Psychological Health Impairments
title_full_unstemmed	Sex-Specific Mediation Effects of Workplace Bullying on Associations between Employees’ Weight Status and Psychological Health Impairments
title_sort	sex-specific mediation effects of workplace bullying on associations between employees’ weight status and psychological health impairments
publisher	MDPI AG
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/fa43bd27d36b4a93bcc16aed38fec1c3
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Sex-Specific Mediation Effects of Workplace Bullying on Associations between Employees’ Weight Status and Psychological Health Impairments

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