Effects of partner abuse and workplace bullying in a community sample of women

Friday, March 30, 2012: 3:40 PM-5:00 PM
Nob Hill C (San Francisco Marriott Marquis)
Speaker:
Judith A. MacIntosh, BN, MSc, PhD, University of New Brunswick


Presentation Format:
Scientific Program Report

Learning Objectives:
  1. Identify descriptive analysis of how women’s lives are affected when they have experienced workplace bullying and intimate partner violence
  2. Draw practical implications from the findings
  3. Engage in discussing insights and questions raised by these findings
Description:
Workplace bullying and intimate partner violence are devastating forms of abuse that interfere with women’s health and work. This program will briefly describe a longitudinal study of a community sample of women who had left abusive partners and had experienced workplace bullying. There will be a focus on findings concerning women’s health and lives and use of findings as a starting point for discussing implications for supporting women with these abuse experiences.