Publication Date

5-2024

Advisor(s) - Committee Chair

Katrina Burch, Reagan Brown, Aaron Wichman

Degree Program

Department of Psychological Sciences

Degree Type

Master of Science

Abstract

Cyber incivility is a pervasive problem, affecting individuals not only while at work but also at home. It has been found to spillover to the home domain in the form of aggression and withdrawal, affecting the target and their partner, but the mechanism behind this association has not been examined. This study examines work-related affective rumination as a spillover mechanism between experienced cyber incivility and aggressive and withdrawn behaviors at home. I hypothesized that daily experienced cyber incivility will be positively associated with both aggressive behavior and withdrawn behavior at home, and work-related affective rumination will mediate this relationship. Using data collected from 56 participants via baseline and 10-day daily diary survey, I found significant within-person associations between cyber incivility and aggressive and withdrawn behavior. Additionally, it was observed that on days when individuals experienced cyber incivility, affective rumination acted as a partial mediator, meaning that the increase in rumination was associated with a subsequent increase in the spillover of aggression and withdrawn behavior into the home. Implications for research and practice are discussed.

Disciplines

Industrial and Organizational Psychology | Psychology | Social and Behavioral Sciences

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