Workplace gender harassment, illegitimate tasks, and poor mental health: Hypothesized associations in a Swedish cohort

The impact of illegitimate tasks on burnout syndrome in a healthcare system: A cross-sectional study

“…Lastly, unnecessary and unreasonable tasks were statistically significant predictors for all subscales of burnout. Similar results were reported by other researchers ( Mensah et al, 2022 ; Ouyang et al, 2022 ; Semmer et al, 2019 ; Werdecker and Esch, 2021 ). This confirms the importance of illegitimate tasks as stressors, noting their direct consequences, such as anger, resentment, indignation, and low self-esteem, ultimately leading to burnout and irritability.…”

“…Regarding the linear regression analysis, we examined each subscale and the overall Copenhagen Burnout Inventory scale as the dependent variable. First, consistent with other studies, women have higher prevalence of burnout, particularly in personal and work-related burnout ( Kilponen et al, 2021 ; Mensah et al, 2022 ; Werdecker and Esch, 2021 ). Omansky et al (2016) proposed that women would feel less threatened by illegitimate tasks because they are more communal, nurturing, and giving; however, our results showed the opposite effect.…”

Association between love breakup and suicidal ideation in Peruvian medical students: a cross-sectional study during the COVID-19 pandemic

“…Conversely, having depression, poor social support, less frequent conversations, and ending a stable romantic relationship all behave as aggravating risk factors for the development of SI ( 5 , 25–27 ). It is known that the gender role influences the presentation of mental health disorders, evidencing very noticeable changes due to the performance of roles and the reduction of opportunities with paid jobs in women in whom affective disorders are more frequent and are increased by the presence of “macho” thinking” ( 28 , 29 ), the presence of factors such as harassment and illegitimate tasks that condition the development of mental health disorders ( 30 ). Here we highlight a variable that has been focused on in groups other than medical students ( 5 , 22–24 , 31 ), as is the termination or breakup of a love relationship.…”

“…The impact of rupture is even greater in young people such as medical students ( 34 ). The breakdown of romantic relationships has increased during the pandemic due to government-imposed restrictions such as social distancing that led to staying at home ( 30 ) and actions not unrelated to Peru ( 35 , 36 ). Results have been found in a higher proportion of women and health professionals ( 37 ) and even more so in the university population that has undergone curricular changes that have led to the development of mental health and stress disorders ( 38 ).…”

Direct and indirect effects of workplace sexual harassment on the productivity of victims and witnesses: The preventive role of equitable management

“…Indeed, women who are sexually harassed at work rarely report it [ 6 ], yet they quit their job more often due to the harassment [ 7 ]. WSH diminishes self-confidence and increases post-traumatic stress, fatigue, sleep problems, depersonalization, anxiety, burn-out, psychotropic self-medication, depression, and suicidal ideation [ [8] , [9] , [10] , [11] , [12] , [13] , [14] , [15] ].…”