The relationship between physicians' ingroup favoritism to patients and workplace violence: regulatory role of physicians' psychological resilience

The relationship between physicians' ingroup favoritism to patients and workplace violence: regulatory role of physicians' psychological resilience Olcay Okun, Korhan Arun International Journal of Workplace Health Management, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- This research aims to reveal the relationship between ingroup favoritism, seen as a theoretical cause of workplace violence experienced by physicians, with pre-violence, the moment of violence and post-violence, and the role of psychological resilience in coping with workplace violence.A descriptive, cross-sectional design was applied in the research. First, data was gathered via structured questionnaire surveys to the 169 physicians and 321 patients with appointments using the simple random sampling method in three public hospitals in the province of Sanliurfa-Turkey between June 3, 2020, and January 1, 2021. The data was then examined through variance-based structural equation modeling and regression analysis.Results indicate that the psychological resilience of physicians is essential in coping with workplace violence. The causes of favoritism behaviors were stated as a desire to protect the individuals they are with, increase their power, gain interest and cover their incompetence. It was determined that favoritism behaviors increase violence, but psychological resiliency decreases violence.Some unobservable markers that impose priority for a patient from one's primary group, favoritism, may predict behav...
Source: International Journal of Workplace Health Management - Category: Occupational Health Authors: Source Type: research