Citation

Noor A, Bashir S, Earnshaw VA. J. Health Psychol. 2015; 21(9): 1860-1869.

Affiliation

Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1359105314567211

PMID

25603927

Abstract

The objective of this study was to examine the impact of workplace bullying on self-esteem, including the mediating effect of internalized stigma and the moderating effect of spirituality, among hepatitis C virus patients. Data were collected from 228 employed hepatitis C virus patients who had been admitted to Gastroenterology and Hepatology wards in Pakistani hospitals. We found support for the hypothesis that workplace bullying is associated with low self-esteem via internalized stigma. In addition, spirituality moderated the association such that participants with greater spirituality were buffered from the impact of stigma on self-esteem.

Language: en