Although the mental health consequences of domestic violence are well documented, empirical evidence is scarce regarding the mental health effects of violence in the workplace. Most studies have used data from small occupation-specific samples, limiting their generalizability. This article examines whether direct exposure to work-related violence is associated with clinically pertinent mental h...

When one person or a small group of people intentionally inflicts an injury on another person or persons, an act of interpersonal violence is committed. Each act of interpersonal violence has many different factors associated with it. These include the type of relationship between the persons involved (for example, partners, caretaker-child), the nature of the act (for example, physical violenc...

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OBJECTIVE This study examined associations between profiles of physical and psychological violence in childhood from parents and two dimensions of mental health in adulthood (negative affect and psychological well-being). Profiles were distinguished by the types of violence retrospectively self-reported (only physical, only psychological, or both psychological and physical violence), as well as...

conclusions this study highlighted the high frequency of wpv against emts. evidently, the health care systems’ officials would benefit from taking proper actions in this area, particularly by “staff and public education”. results most of the participants (79%) experienced wpv during the past six months. accident scene was the most important place of violence and the patients’ companions were th...

UNLABELLED Workers' experience of violence and perceived unsafety can have a profound impact on job satisfaction, job performance, and workers' decision to leave. OBJECTIVES The aim of the study was to assess the prevalence of physical and non-physical violence among hospital workers, explore the complaints and reactions of victims, assess the relationship between violence and psychosocial/wo...

In 1996, the World Health Organization declared violence a major and growing public health problem across the world. In Spain, despite the growing incidence of reports of deaths and abuse due to intimate partners violence; the emergent data on school-based violence among children and adolescents; the persisting political violence and the tragic experience of the 11-M attacks in Madrid; a clear ...