Straining at Work and Its Relationship with Personality Profiles and Individual Consequences in Healthcare Workers (HCWs)

Tiziana Ramaci, Massimiliano Barattucci, Francesca Vella, Paola Senia, Emanuele Cannizzaro, Alessandro Scorciapino, Caterina Ledda, Andrea De Giorgio and Venerando Rapisarda
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Tiziana Ramaci: Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, University of Enna “Kore”, 94100 Enna, Italy
Massimiliano Barattucci: Faculty of Psychology, e-Campus University, 22060 Novedrate (CO), Italy
Francesca Vella: Occupational Medicine, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, 95121 Catania, Italy
Paola Senia: Occupational Medicine, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, 95121 Catania, Italy
Emanuele Cannizzaro: Department of Sciences for Health Promotion and Mother and Child Care “Giuseppe D’Alessandro”, University of Palermo, 90127 Palermo, Italy
Alessandro Scorciapino: Department of Prevention, Area of Protection and Safety in the Workplace, Provincial Health Authority, 95124 Catania, Italy
Caterina Ledda: Occupational Medicine, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, 95121 Catania, Italy
Andrea De Giorgio: Faculty of Psychology, e-Campus University, 22060 Novedrate (CO), Italy
Venerando Rapisarda: Occupational Medicine, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, 95121 Catania, Italy

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 2, 1-16

Abstract: Straining is an attenuated form of mobbing, in which the continuity of vexatious actions is not driven by a discriminatory intent. With the objective of testing the possible moderating role of personality in the relationship between perceptions about straining at work and individual consequences, a correlational design research involved 374 healthcare workers (HCWs) from two Italian hospitals. The following questionnaires were administered: (1) Short Negative Acts Questionnaire (S-NAQ), to assess discriminative actions at work); (2) the Italian version of the Big Five Inventory (BFI-10 scale), to assess personality factors; (3) Occupational Stress Indicator (OSI), to measure psychological and physical health. Regression analysis and Structural Equation Models (SEM) were computed in order to test the relationships between variables. Perceived straining showed significant correlations with both psychological and physical health. Conscientiousness was inversely proportional to work-related bullying (WB), as agreeableness was to personal bullying (PB). Emotional stability was negatively correlated with all the three component scales of S-NAQ: WB, PB, and social bullying. The results seem to confirm that straining perceptions especially elicit, through emotional stability, psychological consequences. As regards the role of emotional stability in risk perceptions, it seems management has to pay thorough attention to personal factors in organizational perceptions and to straining actions.

Keywords: straining; personality; health consequences; HCWs; stress at work (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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