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Workplace Bullying and Medically Certified Sickness Absence: Direction of Associations and the Moderating Role of Leader Behavior

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2019
The aim of this study was to determine (1) associations between workplace bullying and subsequent risk and duration of medically certified sickness absence, (2) whether employees’ perceptions of supportive, fair, and empowering leader behavior moderate ...
Morten Birkeland Nielsen   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sickness presenteeism determines job satisfaction via affective-motivational states [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Research on the consequences of sickness presenteeism, or the phenomenon of attending work whilst ill, has focused predominantly on identifying its economic, health, and absenteeism outcomes, neglecting important attitudinal-motivational outcomes.
Karanika-Murray, M.   +7 more
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Sickness behaviour: Causes and effects

open access: yesSouth African Family Practice, 2003
This paper discusses sickness behavior as a central motivational state. It deals with the adaptational value and underlying mechanisms of sickness behavior and with the consequences of the body's failure to terminate the activity of the symptoms ...
M. Viljoen
doaj   +1 more source

Neuro-Inflammatory Response and Brain-Peripheral Crosstalk in Sepsis and Stroke

open access: yesFrontiers in Immunology, 2022
Despite recent therapeutic advances, ischemic stroke is still a leading cause of death and disability. There is renewed attention on peripheral inflammatory signaling as a way of modulating the post-ischemic neuro-inflammatory process.
Lena Bourhy   +7 more
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Cytokine, Sickness Behavior, and Depression [PDF]

open access: yesImmunology and Allergy Clinics of North America, 2006
Sufficient evidence is now available to accept the concept that the brain recognizes cytokines as molecular signals of sickness. Clarifying the way the brain processes information generated by the innate immune system is accompanied by a progressive elucidation of the cellular and molecular components of the intricate system that mediates cytokine ...
openaire   +5 more sources

Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) Is Required for Spatial Learning and Memory in Male Mice under Physiological, but Not Immune-Challenged Conditions

open access: yesCells, 2021
Increasing evidence demonstrates that inflammatory cytokines—such as tumor necrosis factor (TNF)—are produced at low levels in the brain under physiological conditions and may be crucial for synaptic plasticity, neurogenesis, learning and memory.
Leda Mygind   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Properties of the Sickness Questionnaire in an Australian sample with chronic medically unexplained symptoms

open access: yesBrain, Behavior, & Immunity - Health, 2020
Sickness behavior including malaise, fatigue and increased pain sensitivity is thought to be adaptive and facilitate recovery from disease. However, it may also reduce functioning and health if symptoms persists, which is why validated instruments for ...
Anna Andreasson   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Leading during change: the effects of leader behavior on sickness absence in a Norwegian health trust

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2012
Background Organizational change often leads to negative employee outcomes such as increased absence. Because change is also often inevitable, it is important to know how these negative outcomes could be reduced.
Bernstrøm Vilde Hoff   +1 more
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A digital intervention using virtual reality helmets to reduce dental anxiety of children under local anesthesia and primary teeth extraction: A randomized clinical trial

open access: yesBrain and Behavior, 2022
Introduction Behavior management of children during dental treatment is an important but challenging issue. As a new technique, VR has been applied in pediatric dental anxiety. But there is no final conclusion whether VR reduces children's dental anxiety.
Qin Du   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Genes, inflammatory response, tolerance, and resistance to virus infections in migratory birds, bats, and rodents

open access: yesFrontiers in Immunology, 2023
Normally, the host immunological response to viral infection is coordinated to restore homeostasis and protect the individual from possible tissue damage. The two major approaches are adopted by the host to deal with the pathogen: resistance or tolerance.
Patrick Douglas Corrêa Pereira   +18 more
doaj   +1 more source

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