Citation

McGinley M, Richman JA, Rospenda KM. J. Addict. Dis. 2011; 30(3): 229-242.

Affiliation

Chatham University, Pittsburgh, PA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/10550887.2011.581988

PMID

21745045

PMCID

PMC3353807

Abstract

Although harassment in the workplace has been linked to deleterious drinking outcomes, researchers have yet to examine the long-term effects of chronic workplace harassment. During a 10-year longitudinal mail survey, university employees (N = 2,265) were administered measures of sexual harassment, generalized workplace harassment, and problematic drinking. Using growth mixture modeling, two latent classes of workplace harassment emerged: infrequent and chronic. Demographic characteristics (gender, age, and race) predicted the shape of the trajectories and likelihood of class membership. As hypothesized, membership in the chronic harassment classes was linked to future problematic drinking, even after controlling for previous drinking.

Language: en