@article{ref1,
title="Crisis social support after work-related violence and threats and risk for depressive symptoms: a 3-months follow-up study",
journal="BMC psychology",
year="2023",
author="Andersen, Lars Peter and Elklit, Ask and Pihl-Thingvad, Jesper",
volume="11",
number="1",
pages="e42-e42",
abstract="INTRODUCTION: Employees working at psychiatric wards are at risk for work-related threats and violence that may impact their physical and mental health. Studies have found that crisis social support may mitigate these adverse health effects. <br><br>PURPOSE: To examine the effects crisis social support on depressive symptoms 3 months after a violent or threating work incident and furthermore, to examine the effect of variations in prolonged social support on depressive symptoms during 3 months after a violent or threating incident. <br><br>METHODOLOGY: After exposure to work-related violence and threats at work, the employees received a questionnaire within the first month and after 3 months. Right after the incident, 374 employees answered both the depression and crisis support items and were included in the analyses. 3 months later 276 employees answered both the depression and social support items. Prospective associations between crisis social support and depression were calculated using stepwise regressions and linear mixed models. <br><br>RESULTS: Crisis social support at T1 was significantly and inversely associated with a lower level of depressive symptoms at T2, Std. Beta =  - 012, t (3) =  - 2.1, p = .040. Employees experiencing either a stable or increasing level of support from T1 to T2 had significantly lower levels of depressive symptoms compared to employees who experienced a decrease in support in the same period, mean difference(Stable-Decreasing) = 4.0 t (190) = 5.2, p = 0.006 and mean difference(Increasing-Decreasing) = 7.6, t (189) = 5.3, p < .001. <br><br>CONCLUSION: The study results indicate that depressive symptoms following work-related violence or threats can be mitigated by prolonged social support. We recommend that organizations continue to offer crisis social support in the subsequent months, and not just immediately after a violent or threating incident.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2050-7283",
doi="10.1186/s40359-023-01081-x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40359-023-01081-x"
}