Table 2.
One factor extracted from the Negative Acts Questionnaire-Revised (NAQ-R) scale with mean square between 0.50 and 1.50
| During the last 6 months, how often have you been subjected to the following negative acts in the work place? | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Item | Feature | Difficulty | MNSQ | loading | ||
| Typea | Delta | SE | PTME | Infit | Z | |
| 21. Being exposed to an unmanageable workload | 1 | 1.5 | 0.14 | 0.53 | 0.97 | 1.57 |
| 22. Threats of violence or physical abuse or actual abuse | 3 | 1.5 | 0.14 | 0.51 | 0.95 | 0.26 |
| 9. Intimidating behaviors such as finger-pointing, invasion of personal space shoving, blocking your way | 3 | 1.29 | 0.13 | 0.51 | 1.07 | −0.41 |
| 8. Being shouted at or being the target of spontaneous anger | 3 | 0.87 | 0.12 | 0.56 | 1 | −0.26 |
| 19. Pressure not to claim something to which by right you are entitled | 1 | 0.74 | 0.11 | 0.62 | 0.76 | 0.81 |
| 3. Being ordered to do work below your level of competence | 1 | 0.5 | 0.11 | 0.59 | 1.04 | −0.41 |
| 18. Excessive monitoring of your work | 1 | 0.23 | 0.1 | 0.61 | 1.14 | 1.08 |
| 5. Spreading of gossip and rumors about you | 2 | 0.16 | 0.1 | 0.61 | 1.09 | −0.66 |
| 15. Practical jokes carried out by people you don’t get along with | 2 | 0.06 | 0.1 | 0.67 | 0.83 | 1.54 |
| 16. Being given tasks with unreasonable deadlines | 1 | −0.06 | 0.09 | 0.66 | 0.98 | 1.05 |
| 14. Having your opinions ignored | 1 | −0.08 | 0.09 | 0.68 | 0.87 | 0.78 |
| 20. Being the subject of excessive teasing and sarcasm | 2 | −0.11 | 0.09 | 0.67 | 0.93 | 1.17 |
| 2. Being humiliated or ridiculed in connection with your work | 2 | −0.17 | 0.09 | 0.62 | 1.21 | −0.60 |
| 17. Having allegations made against you | 2 | −0.19 | 0.09 | 0.66 | 1.02 | 0.96 |
| 6. Being ignored or excluded | 2 | −0.24 | 0.09 | 0.68 | 0.92 | −1.21 |
| 12. Being ignored or facing a hostile reaction when you approach | 2 | −0.39 | 0.09 | 0.7 | 0.94 | −0.93 |
| 11. Repeated reminders of your errors or mistakes | 2 | −0.41 | 0.09 | 0.68 | 1.07 | −1.24 |
| 10. Hints or signals from others that you should quit your job | 2 | −0.83 | 0.08 | 0.69 | 1.1 | −0.84 |
| 1. Someone withholding information which affects your performance | 1 | −0.89 | 0.08 | 0.69 | 1.16 | −1.08 |
| 13. Persistent criticism of your errors or mistakes | 2 | −0.9 | 0.08 | 0.74 | 0.83 | 0.75 |
| 4. Having key areas of responsibility removed or replaced with more trivial or unpleasant tasks | 2 | −1.29 | 0.08 | 0.71 | 1.11 | −1.24 |
| 7. Having insulting or offensive remarks made about your person, attitudes, or your private life | 2 | −1.29 | 0.08 | 0.7 | 1.3 | −1.11 |
| Minimum | −1.29 | 0.08 | 0.51 | 0.76 | −1.24 | |
| Maximum | 1.50 | 0.14 | 0.74 | 1.30 | 1.57 | |
Threshold difficulties are −3.26, −0.71, 0.71, 3.25
aType: 1 work-related bullying; 2 Person-related bullying; 3 physically intimidating bullying