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METHODS: Questionnaires measuring emotional aspects such as Negative Act Questionnaire \u2013 Revised (NAQ-R) for measuring perceived exposure to bullying and victimization at work, Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI), Overall Job Satisfaction Scale (OJS), Job Affect Scale (JAS: positive and negative subscales), Perceived Cohesion Scale (PCS), Ethical Climate Questionnaire (ECQ), and Short General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) were administered. For the analysis of the data, descriptive and parametric tests were performed through the Pearson correlations and regression for the relationship between variables. RESULTS: High mobbing levels were reported (M\u200a=\u200a45.93) compared to already established cutoff scores. Statistically significant positive correlations were found for NAQ-R and MBI (Exhaustion subscale) (r\u200a=\u200a.569, p\u200a&lt;\u200a.001), NAQ-R and JAS-negative affect (r\u200a=\u200a.610, p\u200a&lt;\u200a.001), NAQ-R and GHQ-12 (r\u200a=\u200a.280, p\u200a=\u200a.002), and NAQ-R andeducational level (r\u200a=\u200a.196, p\u200a=\u200a.033). Statistically significant negative correlations were found for NAQ-R and ECQ (r\u200a=\u200a\u2013.323, p\u200a&lt;\u200a.001), NAQ-R and JAS-positive affect (r\u200a=\u200a\u2013.556, p\u200a&lt;\u200a.001), and NAQ-R and PCS (r\u200a=\u200a\u2013.586, p\u200a&lt;\u200a.001). Only burnout,negative affect, and perceived group cohesion predicted mobbing measured by NAQ- R. 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