Hell Is Other People? Gender and Interactions with Strangers in the Workplace Influence a Person’s Risk of Depression

Sebastian Fischer, Anita Wiemer, Laura Diedrich, Jörn Moock and Wulf Rössler

PLOS ONE, 2014, vol. 9, issue 7, 1-9

Abstract: We suggest that interactions with strangers at work influence the likelihood of depressive disorders, as they serve as an environmental stressor, which are a necessary condition for the onset of depression according to diathesis-stress models of depression. We examined a large dataset (N = 76,563 in K = 196 occupations) from the German pension insurance program and the Occupational Information Network dataset on occupational characteristics. We used a multilevel framework with individuals and occupations as levels of analysis. We found that occupational environments influence employees’ risks of depression. In line with the quotation that ‘hell is other people’ frequent conflictual contacts were related to greater likelihoods of depression in both males and females (OR = 1.14, p

Date: 2014
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