A summary of the findings suggest that those who experience less blatant types of maltreatment in the work place are more likely to experience internal and external emotive repercussions which as a consequence may lead to self-destructive or interpersonal violence at worst and emotional, psychological, and physiological stress at best. Although the study did not truly replicate general strain theory (GST) in adult populations, the analysis identified important by-products of strain that had not been tested. In addition, the analysis extended GST to adult populations where the effects of strain on the work force in the normal course of employment were tested. GST was developed, in 1992, to explain delinquency as a consequence of strain. In an attempt to extend GST to adults in an organizational setting, an analysis of secondary data was conducted to determine how employee mistreatment by coworkers affected performance and well-being. Tables, appendix A, notes and references