BMC psychology
Multiple discrimination at work and depressive symptoms in young adults
By Weinmann T, Herbig B, Forster F and 4 others.
Abstract
Background
We aimed to estimate the implications of cumulative exposure to discrimination at work for mental health among young adults. Our specific objective was to investigate if experiencing multiple types of discrimination at work is associated with depressive symptoms.
Methods
We analyzed cross-sectional questionnaire data from 1066 participants (56.8% female, mean age 31.3 years) of the third phase of the German Study on Occupational Allergy Risks (2017-2018, response 47.3%). Participants were asked whether during the last twelve months they had experienced one or more of seven types of discrimination at their workplace. The Patient Health Questionnaire-2 (PHQ-2) was used for screening of symptoms of depression. We performed multivariate logistic regression to estimate the association between the number of experienced types of discrimination at work and depressive symptoms.