@article{ref1,
title="Workplace bullying and sleep disturbances: findings from a large scale cross-sectional survey in the French working population",
journal="Sleep",
year="2009",
author="Niedhammer, Isabelle and David, S. and Degioanni, Stephanie and Drummond, Avril and Philip, Pierre and Acquarone, D. and Aicardi, F. and André-Mazeaud, P. and Arsento, M. and Astier, R. and Baille, H. and Bajon-Thery, F. and Barre, E. and Basire, C. and Battu, J. L. and Baudry, S. and Beatini, C. and Beaud'huin, N. and Becker, Clemens and Bellezza, D. and Beque, C. and Bernstein, O. and Beyssier, C. and Blanc-Cascio, F. and Blanchet, N. and Blondel, C. and Boisselot, R. and Bordes-Dupuy, G. and Borrelly, N. and Bouhnik, D. and Boulanger, M. F. and Boulard, J. and Borreau, P. and Bourret, D. and Boustière, A. M. and Breton, C. and Bugeon, G. and Buono-Michel, M. and Canonne, J. F. and Capella, D. and Cavin-Rey, M. and Cervoni, C. and Charreton, D. and Charrier, D. and Chauvin, M. A. and Chazal, B. and Cougnot, C. and Cuvelier, G. and Dalivoust, G. and Daumas, R. and Debaille, A. and De Bretteville, L. and Delaforge, G. and Delchambre, A. and Domeny, L. and Donati, Y. and Ducord-Chapelet, J. and Duran, C. and Durand-Bruguerolle, D. and Fabre, D. and Faivre, A. and Falleri, R. and Ferrando, G. and Ferrari-Galano, J. and Flutet, M. and Fouché, J. P. and Fournier, F. and Freyder, E. and Galy, M. and Garcia, A. and Gazazian, G. and Gérard, C. and Girard, F. and Giuge, M. and Goyer, C. and Gravier, C. and Guyomard, A. and Hacquin, M. C. and Halimi, E. and Ibagnes, T. and Icart, P. and Jacquin, M. C. and Jaubert, B. and Joret, J. P. and Julien, J. P. and Kacel, M. and Kesmedjian, E. and Lacroix, P. and Lafon-Borelli, M. and Lallai, S. and Laudicina, J. and Leclercq, X. and Ledieu, S. and Leroy, J. and Leroyer, L. and Loesche, F. and Londi, D. and Longueville, J. M. and Lotte, M. C. and Louvain, S. and Lozé, M. and Maculet-Simon, M. and Magallon, G. and Marcelot, V. and Mareel, M. C. and Martin, P. and Masse, A. M. and Méric, M. and Milliet, C. and Mokhtari, R. and Monville, A. M. and Muller, B. and Obadia, G. and Pelser, M. and Peres, L. and Perez, E. and Peyron, M. and Peyronnin, F. and Postel, S. and Presseq, P. and Pyronnet, E. and Quinsat, C. and Raulot-Lapointe, H. and Rigaud, P. and Robert, F. and Robert, O. and Roger, K. and Roussel, A. and Roux, J. P. and Rubini-Remigy, D. and Sabate, N. and Saccomano-Pertus, C. and Salengro, B. and Salengro-Trouillez, P. and Samson, E. and Sendra-Gille, L. and Seyrig, C. and Stoll, G. and Tarpinian, N. and Tavernier, M. and Tempesta, S. and Terracol, H. and Torresani, F. and Triglia, M. F. and Vandomme, V. and Vieillard, F. and Vilmot, K. and Vital, N.",
volume="32",
number="9",
pages="1211-1219",
abstract="STUDY OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to explore the associations between workplace bullying, the characteristics of workplace bullying, and sleep disturbances in a large sample of employees of the French working population. DESIGN: Workplace bullying, evaluated using the validated instrument developed by Leymann, and sleep disturbances, as well as covariates, were measured using a self-administered questionnaire. Covariates included age, marital status, presence of children, education, occupation, working hours, night work, physical and chemical exposures at work, self-reported health, and depressive symptoms. Statistical analysis was performed using logistic regression analysis and was carried out separately for men and women. SETTING: General working population. PARTICIPANTS: The study population consisted of a random sample of 3132 men and 4562 women of the working population in the southeast of France. RESULTS: Workplace bullying was strongly associated with sleep disturbances. Past exposure to bullying also increased the risk for this outcome. The more frequent the exposure to bullying, the higher the risk of experiencing sleep disturbances. Observing someone else being bullied in the workplace was also associated with the outcome. Adjustment for covariates did not modify the results. Additional adjustment for self-reported health and depressive symptoms diminished the magnitude of the associations that remained significant. CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of workplace bullying (around 10%) was found to be high in this study as well was the impact of this major job-related stressor on sleep disturbances. Although no conclusion about causality could be drawn from this cross-sectional study, the findings suggest that the contribution of workplace bullying to the burden of sleep disturbances may be substantial.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0161-8105",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}