Mitigating Anonymity to Reduce Risk of Violence

Abstract

Workplace violence (WPV) is a serious health and safety issue. The research aim was to test the relationship between anonymity (e.g., organization size) and WPV as well as search for risk or protective factors. The results did not support the anonymity hypothesis. Instead it found that larger battalions is a protective factor (Odds Ratio [OR] = 0.30). The study found that the Junior Officer (OR = 0.32), Senior Officer (OR = 0.26), and Junior Warrant Officer (OR = 0.42), age (OR = 0.16), Armed Forces Qualification Test (AFQT) Percentile Score (OR = 0.59) variables were protective factors. The analysis identified Character Strengths (OR = 2.64), and Prior Crimes Involving Alcohol/Drugs (OR = 10.46) as risk factors.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2021
Accession Number
AD1153964

Entities

People

  • Callie J. Chandler
  • Pedro S Wolf

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Engineered Resilient Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Applied Psychology
  • Army Personnel
  • Behavioral Sciences
  • Crime
  • Criminals
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Sets
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Government Employees
  • Governments
  • Health
  • Law Enforcement
  • Mental Health
  • Occupational Safety And Health
  • Personnel Management
  • Preventive Medicine
  • Psychology
  • Risk Factors
  • School Violence
  • Societies
  • Statistics
  • Training
  • United States
  • Violence
  • Warrant Officers

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

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  • Naval Personnel Management
  • Psychological Intervention/Treatment for Stress, Anxiety, PTSD, and Related Emotional and Cognitive Health Symptoms.