1. Objectifs

Intentions :
«This study therefore investigates whether the workplace aggression experienced by one or both members of a couple accounts for alcohol intake by the other partner while simultaneously controlling for both partners’ other work- and home-domain factors.» (p. 23)

2. Méthode

Échantillon/Matériau :
«We used cross-sectional data from the 1998 Quebec Health and Social Survey (QHSS-98). This survey contained a representative sample of the Quebec population drawn from a complex sampling design of 11,986 randomly selected households […] All members of the household aged 15 and over were invited to complete the survey and 20,773 responded […], for an overall response rate of 69 per cent […] In this study we used a sub sample of 5,778 individuals nested in 2,889 dual-earner couples.» (p. 25)

Instruments :
Questionnaires

Type de traitement des données :
Analyse statistique

3. Résumé

«In sum, this study suggests a crossover of the workplace aggression experienced by members of dual-earner couples to alcohol intake of the partner, more specifically on the risk of high-risk drinking. Having a partner that have been the victim of workplace aggression is surely a source of stress and alcohol intake may be seem as a buffer to reduce the tension associated with this experience. From a prevention point of view, organizational employee assistance programs (EAP) should support victim of workplace aggression and members of the immediate family to help reduce adverse alcohol-related problems of the workers and their closest relatives. As a prevalent occupational stressor affecting the health and wellbeing of workers, and their families, this study suggests that organizations need to pay more attention to the problem of workplace aggression in their occupational health and safety programs.» (p. 31)