1995
DOI: 10.1002/1097-4679(199509)51:5<711::aid-jclp2270510517>3.0.co;2-r
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MMPI-2 profiles of worker's compensation claimants who present with complaints of harassment

Abstract: This study intended to differentiate among worker's compensation claimants with psychological problems who presented with work‐related harassment and non‐harassment complaints on the basis of their MMPI‐2 profiles. Analysis of MMPI‐2 mean scores revealed that the Harassment group scored significantly higher than the Non‐harassment group on scale 6 of the MMPI‐2. This was interpreted to mean that the Harassment group was more oversensitive, suspicious, and angry than the other group. There was no evidence that … Show more

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“…Worries over their physical health dominate their life and often seriously restrict the range of their activities and interpersonal relations, possibly increasing the risk of injury. Past research supports a positive relation between Hs and workplace injuries (Gandolfo, 1995;Repko & Cooper, 1983).…”
Section: Personality Constructsmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Worries over their physical health dominate their life and often seriously restrict the range of their activities and interpersonal relations, possibly increasing the risk of injury. Past research supports a positive relation between Hs and workplace injuries (Gandolfo, 1995;Repko & Cooper, 1983).…”
Section: Personality Constructsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…We therefore expected firefighters with higher Hy scores to report more injuries. Past research provides support for this assertion (Gandolfo, 1995;Hersch & Alexander, 1990).…”
Section: Personality Constructsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Elde edilen bu bulgu literatürde yer alan ve farklı ülke-lerde elde edilmiş araştırma sonuçlarıyla uyumludur. Einarsen, Raknes ve Matthiesen (1994), Gandolfo (1995), Djurkovic, McCormack ve Casimir (2006 çalışmalarında iş-yerinde yıldırma mağdurlarının karakteristik özelliklerinden bahsederken nevrotiklik kişilik yapısının çeşitli özellikle-rine vurgu yapmışlardır. Ancak bu çalışma-lar daha çok batı kaynaklı literatür içinde yer almaktadır.…”
Section: Tartışma Ve Sonuçunclassified
“…Mağdurların öz saygılarının düşük, sosyal ortamlarda endişeli (Einarsen, Raknes, & Matthiesen, 1994), diğer insanlara rahatsızlık veren, nezaket kurallarına dikkat etmeden etkileşimlere giren, performansı daha az yetkin ve diğer insanlarda daha kolay saldırgan davranış biçimlerini ortaya çıkarabilen kişiler (Felson, 1992) oldukları yönünde saptamalar vardır. Gandolfo (1995) Amerikalılarla yaptığı çalışmada iş-yerinde saldırganlığa maruz kalan kişilerin fazla duyarlı, şüpheci ve daha kızgın olduklarını belirlemiştir. Ancak Einharsen (2000) tarafından da ifade edildiği üzere, bu özel-liklerin olumsuz davranışlara maruz kalma sonucunda gösterilmesi de mümkündür.…”
Section: Introductionunclassified
“…There is a tendency of workers' compensation claimants to convert psychological distress into physical complaints (Gandolfo, 1995).…”
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confidence: 99%