Relative Importance of Incivility and Loneliness in Occupational Health Outcomes

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• Personal Author:
  Cherniack, Martin G. ; Dugan AG ; Gilmer DO ; Magley VJ ; Namazi S
• Description:
  Researchers have studied loneliness as a modern health epidemic which is associated with myriad negative health effects, yet the literature lacks evidence of loneliness' correlates, including incivility, in the workplace. This paper not only replicates previous work on incivility, a pervasive interpersonal workplace stressor, it also contributes novel findings on the relative importance of loneliness in explaining variance in occupational health outcomes. We tested hypotheses using two cross-sectional datasets containing data from the general working population (Sample 1) and state corrections supervisors (Sample 2). Through relative importance analyses, including relative weights analysis, we found that both general and workplace loneliness explain substantial variance in several outcomes (e.g., emotional exhaustion, depression symptoms, and turnover intentions) relative to the variance explained by workplace incivility. When controlling for perceived work stress, general loneliness appears to be more important than incivility in explaining variance in emotional exhaustion, job satisfaction, and depression symptoms. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Mental Health Nervous System Occupational Health Safety Stress, Psychological
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Incivility Cross Sectional Studies Interpersonal Stressors Job Stress Loneliness Mental Health Mistreatment Occupational Health Psychological Effects Psychosocial Factors Relative Importance Total Worker Health TWH

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• ISSN:
  2367-0134
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement ; Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Connecticut ; Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  7
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20067439
• Citation:
  Occup Health Sci 2023 Sep; 7(3):531-555
• Contact Point Address:
  Declan O. Gilmer, Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
• Email:
  declan.gilmer@uconn.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2023
• Performing Organization:
  University of Massachusetts, Lowell
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20060701
• Source Full Name:
  Occupational Health Science
• End Date:
  20210831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:6292e69dea529b637217070bf8243af7030c65300725a8f5737c1bbefa1a0dcb2b92e3de44183a81298db30bdd094dd3224410aadaa6ce7babd2ab6a86d4f88a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/231456/cdc_231456_DS1.pdf
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