[Psychiatric aspects in workers subject to mobbing]
A Bernabei1, Eva Gebhardt, Manuela Petrucci
1Dipartimento di Scienze Psichiatriche e Medicina Psicologica, Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza.
La Medicina Del Lavoro
|May 23, 2006
Summary
Workplace mobbing reactions are linked to individual internal working models, with resistant attachment being most common. Cognitive therapy is recommended for treating mobbing
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Occupational Health
Background:
- Mobbing, defined as group behavior to expel an individual, is recognized in workplace dynamics.
- Bossing refers to negative actions by superiors, with legislative attention in Italy.
- Individual internal working models influence reactions to mobbing, categorized as anxious/avoiding, anxious/resistant, or disorganized.
Purpose of the Study:
- To clinically evaluate adaptation-reactions to workplace mobbing.
- To identify internal working models in patients experiencing mobbing.
Main Methods:
- Clinical interviews with 40 patients over 12 months.
- Assessment of psychopathological state and reactions to workplace adversity (mobbing/bossing).
Main Results:
- Mobbing causes psychological and relational effects.
- Resistant attachment models were most frequent, followed by avoidant and disorganized.
- Patients exhibited deficits in self-reflection and decentration (meta-cognitive capacity).
Conclusions:
- Cognitive therapy, with optional psychopharmacology, is proposed as effective.
- Internal working models are critical in mobbing reactions.
- Individual psychotherapy is key for mobbing treatment and prevention.
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