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Public Health, Sweden, 2 School of Social and Health Sciences, Halmstads University, Sweden
The aim was to describe bullying at the workplace. In-depth interviews with 22 individuals were
analysed according to the Grounded Theory method. The findings showed that the origin of
bullying was a struggle for power, initiated by value conflicts at the workplace, which is a
potential arena for bullying, where the targeted individuals were either strong or vulnerable. This
power struggle was transformed into bullying, and the bullies’ goal was to reject and expel the
victims from the workplace. The process of bullying consisted of slander, deceit, insults and
injustice, although sometimes the victims also received social support.
4137.8 A study on the mechanism of communication modes in virtual team, Jing-Song Deng 1 ,
Zhong-Ming Wang 2 , 1 Psychology Department, Zhejiang University, China, 2 School of
Management, Zhejiang University, China
In this study, we examined the effect of communication modes on trust and performance in virtual
team. Resource dilemma is used to simulate virtual team’s task, and an experiment was conducted
with 30 four-person teams in Zhejiang University. Our findings show that the way virtual teams
communicate is a crucial factor to team trust and performance. We also found the change of trust
strategic behavior, which support the hypothesis on phases of trust development.
4138 POSTER
Health psychology
4138.1 Belief in miracle healing as psychotherapy: Reflection of this phenomenon in the fine art,
Vytautas Gudonis 1 , Liuda Gudonyte 2 , 1 Siauliai University, Lithuania, 2 University of Nebraska at
Omaha, USA
Ancient Greeks practiced “healing sleep” – hypnosis. People of Western Europe had patron saints
that helped them to recover. Those who had eye diseases believed in Saint Liucija, Otilija,
Walburga. In order to recover, people created pictures – gifts for the altar that were called votives.
Votives depicted sick organs or aching limbs. In our collection that is called “Disabled Person in
Fine Art” there are many pictures that depict the belief in a miracle healing. Such fine arts were
religious inspiration to people that made them believe in miracles and they had great
psychotherapic effects on patients.
4138.2 Metabolic control in diabetic patients, Maria Xesus Frojan-Parga, Rosa Rubio,
Autonoma University of Madrid, Spain
In this work we are evaluating the relationship between psychosocial variables and metabolic
control in insulin-dependent diabetic patients. 63 patients (age 17-49) were assessed with a
questionnaire which included health behaviors, management skills, therapeutic relationship, social
and family influence, etc. Metabolic control was assessed with HPLC Mennarini. The results show
that good metabolic control had a hard relation with own perception about treatment adherence
and sanitary personal estimation about treatment adherence.
4138.3 Effect of therapeutic relation on diabetic patients, Rosa Rubio, Maria Xesus
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