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With the aim of investigating the impact of gender-related personality characteristics on bullying perceptions and outcomes, a correlational study was designed with 114 individuals who had used a public health service aimed at harassed workers identifying themselves as victims of mobbing in central Italy. The study was conducted using the following questionnaires: the Negative Acts Questionnaire (NAQ), a measure of workplace bullying; the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI-2), used to provide information to measure personality dimensions for workplace screening; the World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL-BRIEF) which assesses four domains assumed to represent the quality of life construct; and the Suicidal Potential Scale (SPS) used to assess suicidal ideation. MMPI-2 profile results show a significant elevation of specific MMPI scales and gender differences. When compared to women, men who complain of being the victims of negative actions at work are more depressed, paranoid, introverted, anxious, and obsessive, and have higher anger levels and lower self-esteem. Many different MMPI-2 scales are also predictors of quality of life (QoL) perceptions and suicidal tendencies. The NAQ total score, however, predicts quality of life and suicide risk. Perceptions of negative actions have a serious effect on life outcomes. The results provide useful indications on personality profiles and gender differences, which can be understood as antecedents in the perception of negative events, and factors capable of modulating the effect of perceived bullying actions on outcomes.
Vincenzo Alfano; Tiziana Ramaci; Alfonso Landolfi; Alessandro Lo Presti; Massimiliano Barattucci. Gender Patterns in Mobbing Victims: Differences in Negative Act Perceptions, MMPI Personality Profile, Perceived Quality of Life, and Suicide Risk. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2021, 18, 2192 .
AMA StyleVincenzo Alfano, Tiziana Ramaci, Alfonso Landolfi, Alessandro Lo Presti, Massimiliano Barattucci. Gender Patterns in Mobbing Victims: Differences in Negative Act Perceptions, MMPI Personality Profile, Perceived Quality of Life, and Suicide Risk. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18 (4):2192.
Chicago/Turabian StyleVincenzo Alfano; Tiziana Ramaci; Alfonso Landolfi; Alessandro Lo Presti; Massimiliano Barattucci. 2021. "Gender Patterns in Mobbing Victims: Differences in Negative Act Perceptions, MMPI Personality Profile, Perceived Quality of Life, and Suicide Risk." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 4: 2192.
The work-family interface is a compelling topic that calls into question labor market dynamics and work processes, together with important social and family composition changes. The present study aimed at examining the antecedents of Work-Family Balance (WFB) in Italy consistent with Greenhaus and Allen’s (2011) conceptual model in which the characteristics of work and family roles have an indirect impact on work-family balance through Work-Family Conflict (WFC) and Work-Family Enrichment (WFE), and where job and family satisfaction are considered as predictors of WFB. A total of 568 workers participated in a time-lagged correlational study, filling a questionnaire. The theoretical model was tested by assessing the mediating role of job and family satisfaction as well as related antecedents, conflict, and enrichment between the family and work contexts, through Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). The results partially confirmed the theoretical model: work-to-family enrichment and work-to-family conflict predicted family satisfaction, which also mediated their association with WFB. The results in the family-to-work direction did not support the initial research hypotheses. The hypotheses about associations between demands and resources, conflict and enrichment in both directions, and of the moderating role of core self-evaluations were partially confirmed. The results highlighted that organizations need to carry out periodic assessments of WFC and WFE, in order to provide benefits and resources, to reduce conflict, and increase enrichment, through proper interventions (training activities, professional development, mentoring, and forms of flexibility).
Alfonso Landolfi; Massimiliano Barattucci; Alessandro Lo Presti. A Time-Lagged Examination of the Greenhaus and Allen Work-Family Balance Model. Behavioral Sciences 2020, 10, 140 .
AMA StyleAlfonso Landolfi, Massimiliano Barattucci, Alessandro Lo Presti. A Time-Lagged Examination of the Greenhaus and Allen Work-Family Balance Model. Behavioral Sciences. 2020; 10 (9):140.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAlfonso Landolfi; Massimiliano Barattucci; Alessandro Lo Presti. 2020. "A Time-Lagged Examination of the Greenhaus and Allen Work-Family Balance Model." Behavioral Sciences 10, no. 9: 140.
In recent years, work-family balance, as a construct, has been increasingly attracting the scholarly attention alongside with more traditional ones as work-family conflict and enrichment. We aimed to examine the psychometric properties of the Italian version of the Work-Family Balance scale (Carlson et al. Human Relations, 20, 1–28, 2009) through two different studies. Study 1 (N = 152) was carried out to verify the construct validity of the scale, while Study 2 (N = 319) was carried out to verify its discriminant validity contrasting it with work-family conflict and enrichment. The results, in line with the hypothesized direction, confirmed the original one-factor structure of the scale via confirmatory factor analysis (Study 1), moreover the correlations with the other two examined constructs were in the hypothesized direction (Study 2): positive with work-family enrichment, and negative with work-family conflict. Practical implications, study limits, and avenues for future research are discussed.
Alfonso Landolfi; Alessandro Lo Presti. A psychometric examination of the work-family balance scale. A multisample study on Italian workers. Current Psychology 2020, 1 -10.
AMA StyleAlfonso Landolfi, Alessandro Lo Presti. A psychometric examination of the work-family balance scale. A multisample study on Italian workers. Current Psychology. 2020; ():1-10.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAlfonso Landolfi; Alessandro Lo Presti. 2020. "A psychometric examination of the work-family balance scale. A multisample study on Italian workers." Current Psychology , no. : 1-10.
Dual-income families are challenged by several issues in terms of conciliation between the working environment, the family context and the management of children. This paper, consistently with spillover and crossover hypotheses, aimed at examining the intermediate role of work-family balance, linking on work-family organizational support, work-to-family enrichment and conflict as predictors, and on family-life satisfaction of dual-income families’ both partners as final outcomes. It was expected that work-family organizational support would be related to lower work-to-family conflict and higher enrichment and, through them, with higher work-family balance; moreover, a positive association between work-family balance and family-life satisfaction of both partners was assumed. 390 double-income heterosexual couples participated in our study; 76.2% of the couples were parents. Structural equation modelling results showed that work-family balance was negatively predicted by work-to-family conflict and positively predicted by work-to-family enrichment. Furthermore, work-family organizational support positively predicted work-to-family enrichment, which also mediated its effect on work-family balance. Crossover and spillover effects were also confirmed, given that positive associations between work-family balance and family-life satisfaction of both partners were found. Implications for future research and organizational interventions aimed at both improving work-family balance and promoting greater satisfaction in family life are discussed.
Alessandro Lo Presti; Monica Molino; Federica Emanuel; Alfonso Landolfi; Chiara Ghislieri. Work-family organizational support as a predictor of work-family conflict, enrichment, and balance: Crossover and spillover effects in dual-income couples. Europe’s Journal of Psychology 2020, 16, 62 -81.
AMA StyleAlessandro Lo Presti, Monica Molino, Federica Emanuel, Alfonso Landolfi, Chiara Ghislieri. Work-family organizational support as a predictor of work-family conflict, enrichment, and balance: Crossover and spillover effects in dual-income couples. Europe’s Journal of Psychology. 2020; 16 (1):62-81.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAlessandro Lo Presti; Monica Molino; Federica Emanuel; Alfonso Landolfi; Chiara Ghislieri. 2020. "Work-family organizational support as a predictor of work-family conflict, enrichment, and balance: Crossover and spillover effects in dual-income couples." Europe’s Journal of Psychology 16, no. 1: 62-81.
Workplace bullying is a critical issue for its negative consequences on victims’ health and well-being. This study aimed at examining the intermediate roles of anxiety and depression, in the relations between workplace bullying as a predictor, and physical and psychological negative symptoms as outcomes. In particular, it was hypothesized that workplace bullying would be associated with higher anxiety and depression and, through them, with higher physical and psychological negative symptoms. We sampled 151 Italian employees, who called on a workplace bullying public clinical center as victims and filled a paper-and-pencil questionnaire. Results of bootstrapped regressions showed that only anxiety mediated the association of workplace bullying with negative physical symptoms while both anxiety and depression mediated its association with negative psychological symptoms. The results have implications for the development of appropriate intervention strategies for both prevention and clinical treatment. In particular, timely diagnosing and treating anxiety and depression could prevent subsequent problems related to psychological and physical symptoms such as colitis, headache, tiredness, nervousness, etc. Organizational interventions in terms of primary prevention are also discussed. From an empirical standpoint, the study contributed to disentangling the differential roles of anxiety and depression with respect to physical and psychological symptoms; moreover, overcoming a common limit of workplace bullying research, the current study was carried out on actual victims.
Alessandro Lo Presti; Paolo Pappone; Alfonso Landolfi. The associations between workplace bullying and physical or psychological negative symptoms: Anxiety and depression as mediators. Europe’s Journal of Psychology 2019, 15, 808 -822.
AMA StyleAlessandro Lo Presti, Paolo Pappone, Alfonso Landolfi. The associations between workplace bullying and physical or psychological negative symptoms: Anxiety and depression as mediators. Europe’s Journal of Psychology. 2019; 15 (4):808-822.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAlessandro Lo Presti; Paolo Pappone; Alfonso Landolfi. 2019. "The associations between workplace bullying and physical or psychological negative symptoms: Anxiety and depression as mediators." Europe’s Journal of Psychology 15, no. 4: 808-822.