India, Feb. 21 -- Bullying universally is known to have a detrimental effect on mental health. Bullying happens in various settings from school to the workplace. For workplace bullying, the repercussions don't include just job satisfaction or poor mental health, they also affect sleep.

A study published in the Journal of Interpersonal Violence explores how workplace bullying leads to sleep disturbances and how these disturbances are 'contagious' for those around the victims.

Workplace bullying can happen from colleagues or superiors, resulting in not just poor job satisfaction and mental health issues but also trouble with sleep quality.

One of the big reasons for sleep problems is 'anger rumination'. It's when even after work, they co...