Investigating Risk Preference and Its Effect on the Laboratory Safety Attitude of First-Year Graduate Students

Abstract

This study investigates the risk preference and its effect on the laboratory safety attitude of first-year graduate students. The results show significant differences in risk emotional preference and behavioral intention preference in school and in terms of whether the students had laboratory experience during their undergraduate period. In addition, risk preference has a negative correlation with the laboratory safety attitude. The correlation between risk emotional preference and safety emotional attitude is the strongest. Therefore, we suggest that education on “risk” in university laboratories needs further strengthening.