Adolescents' experience with workplace aggression: school health implications

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• Personal Author:
  Beery TA ; Fisher BS ; Gates DM ; Gillespie GL ; Smith CR
• Description:
  Aggression exposure is a critical health issue facing adolescents in the United States. Exposure occurs in various settings including home, school, and the community. An emerging context for aggression exposure is in the workplace. Thirty adolescent employees age 16-18 participated in a qualitative study exploring proposed responses to future workplace aggression. Semistructured interviews were used to gather participants' proposed responses to a series of hypothetical aggressive incidents in the workplace. Conventional content analysis identified patterns and themes among the participants' responses. Results indicated adolescent employees' proposed responses to workplace aggression are similar to other forms of aggression such as peer-bullying and teen dating violence. Education and training are needed within the school setting to promote appropriate responses to various forms of aggression encountered by adolescents. Implications for school health professionals' involvement in addressing responses to such aggression and further research opportunities are explored. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Aging Behavior Education Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Mental Health Occupational Health Safety Staff Development Violence
• Keywords:
  Adolescents Age-groups Aggression Response Author Keywords: Adolescence Behavioral-patterns Behavioral-testing Health-services Humans Mental-health Mental-processes Psychological-responses Qualitative-analysis Sociological-factors Teaching Training Violence-prevention Workplace Aggression Workplace Safety

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• ISSN:
  1059-8405
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  464-474
• Volume:
  29
• Issue:
  6
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20046084
• Citation:
  J Sch Nurs 2013 Dec; 29(6):464-474
• Contact Point Address:
  C.R. Smith, College of Nursing, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2014
• Performing Organization:
  University of Cincinnati
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  The Journal of School Nursing
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/201256/cdc_201256_DS1.pdf
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