A study by researchers from the University of East Anglia and Spanish universities highlights the adverse effects of workplace bullying on sleep health. It reveals that employees who face bullying often experience difficulties falling asleep, staying asleep, and waking up too early. The research suggests that anger rumination—constantly thinking about bullying experiences—mediates these sleep issues. Moreover, the study found that insomnia symptoms can affect both employees and their partners, underscoring the interconnectedness of sleep health in personal relationships and indicating an accumulation of stress-related sleep problems over time.
When individuals experience bullying at work, they may engage in rumination as a way to mentally process and attempt to cope with the negative events. However, this repeated thinking about distressing events can lead to the development of sleep problems such as difficulties in falling asleep, staying asleep, or sleep impact and satisfaction.
Our results show that the effects of workplace bullying are time-dependent and accumulative, and go beyond the individual and the work setting, impacting the partner's sleep as well.
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