Abstract
Introduction
The work in commercial restaurant kitchens is characterized by many labor´s demands and strict commands that can cause damage to the mental health of gastronomes. The aim of this study was to verify the presence of stress, anxiety, and depression among gastronomy workers and associate them with the presence of mobbing at work. Still, it sought to evaluate the work-family interference and test its mediating role in the relationship between mobbing and psychopathology indicators.
Materials and methods
This is an observational-analytical, cross-sectional study with a quantitative approach, in which 160 gastronomes participated (59.4% women), with an average age of 30.81 years. All answered a Sociodemographic and Labor Data Questionnaire, Negative Acts at Work Questionnaire, Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale, and Work-Family Interaction Scale, whose data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics.
Results
A positive association was found between bullying and indicators of stress, anxiety, and depression, as well as negative interference between work–family and family–work with the same indicators. It was also observed the mediating effect of negative interference from work in family, in the relationship between mobbing and indicators of stress, anxiety, and depression.
Conclusion
It was concluded, therefore, that the experience of mobbing affects the family and intensifies the psychological illness in gastronomes.
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The data that support the findings of this study are available on request from the corresponding author [author initials]. The data are not publicly available due to [state restrictions, e.g., “them containing information that could compromise research participant privacy/consent”].
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Machado, I.C.K., Bernardes, J.W., Monteiro, J.K. et al. Stress, anxiety and depression among gastronomes: association with workplace mobbing and work–family interaction. Int Arch Occup Environ Health 94, 1797–1807 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00420-021-01745-4
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