%0 Journal Article %1 1307815020040101 %A Lawoko, Stephen %A Soares, Joaquim J. F. %A Nolan, Peter %D 2004 %J Work & Stress %K Cross-cultural, Gender, MENTAL MULTIVARIATE PSYCHIATRIC Psychiatric Psychiatrists, SOCIAL VIOLENCE Violence, WORK Work analysis, and environment, health in nurses, personnel, psychological psychology, strain, strain. the workplace, %N 1 %P 39 - 55 %T Violence towards psychiatric staff: a comparison of gender, job and environmental characteristics in England and Sweden. %U http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=13078150&lang=de&site=ehost-live %V 18 %X Workplace violence is receiving increasing attention world-wide, and studies suggest that, for example, nurses and women may be more abused at work than psychiatrists and men. However, there is a lack of cross-cultural data on the topic. Further, relatively few studies have addressed the influence of environmental factors in the occurrence of violence and within a cross-cultural context. The present study compares among other things the nature of violence encountered by female/male staff (nurses and psychiatrists) in Sweden and England. Psychiatric personnel from England (301 nurses; 74 psychiatrists) and Sweden (745 nurses; 306 psychiatrists) were assessed cross-sectionally by means of a questionnaire covering various areas (e.g. nature of violence). The univariate analyses showed an association between being abused and male gender, young age, being British and a nurse, physical and psychological strain. The multivariate logistic regression confirmed that British nurses and male nurs

@article{1307815020040101, abstract = {Workplace violence is receiving increasing attention world-wide, and studies suggest that, for example, nurses and women may be more abused at work than psychiatrists and men. However, there is a lack of cross-cultural data on the topic. Further, relatively few studies have addressed the influence of environmental factors in the occurrence of violence and within a cross-cultural context. The present study compares among other things the nature of violence encountered by female/male staff (nurses and psychiatrists) in Sweden and England. Psychiatric personnel from England (301 nurses; 74 psychiatrists) and Sweden (745 nurses; 306 psychiatrists) were assessed cross-sectionally by means of a questionnaire covering various areas (e.g. nature of violence). The univariate analyses showed an association between being abused and male gender, young age, being British and a nurse, physical and psychological strain. The multivariate logistic regression confirmed that British nurses and male nurs}, added-at = {2009-11-14T17:46:55.000+0100}, author = {Lawoko, Stephen and Soares, Joaquim J. F. and Nolan, Peter}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2a369d234a47c277bfbbe72b6cf937f45/cl.en}, interhash = {a64fe72af4381d76d6e9a6ea9537a50d}, intrahash = {a369d234a47c277bfbbe72b6cf937f45}, issn = {02678373}, journal = {Work & Stress}, keywords = {Cross-cultural, Gender, MENTAL MULTIVARIATE PSYCHIATRIC Psychiatric Psychiatrists, SOCIAL VIOLENCE Violence, WORK Work analysis, and environment, health in nurses, personnel, psychological psychology, strain, strain. the workplace,}, number = 1, pages = {39 - 55}, timestamp = {2009-11-14T17:46:55.000+0100}, title = {Violence towards psychiatric staff: a comparison of gender, job and environmental characteristics in England and Sweden.}, url = {http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=13078150&lang=de&site=ehost-live}, volume = 18, year = 2004 }