Stress and self-efficacy as specific predictors of safety at work in the aviation sector.

IF 0.8 4区医学 Q4 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

Medycyna pracy Pub Date : 2021-11-19 Epub Date: 2021-11-17 DOI:10.13075/mp.5893.01104

Magdalena Ślazyk-Sobol, Małgorzata Dobrowolska, Joanna Zomerfeld, Anna Pieloch

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Abstract

Background: The article addresses the issue of attitudes towards safety at work in the context of subjective variables such as psychological stress and the subjective self-efficacy of workers in the aviation sector. The research was exploratory in nature. It focused on capturing the individual experiences of ground handling staff at Polish and Slovak airports. Among the 326 people surveyed were engineers, firefighters, mechanics and electricians - a crew that works in difficult and threatening working conditions on a daily basis, often experiencing unexpected accidents and breakdowns. The psychosocial factors in industry 4.0 and this branch of industry itself are - according to the authors - verified empirically quite poorly. Taking care of safety at work and strengthening a positive attitude towards safety seems to be a key aspect of management in such units.

Material and methods: The Polish Questionnaire of Attitude towards Safety by M. Znajmiecka-Sikora, the Generalized Self-Efficacy Scale and the Plopa and Makarowski Stress Feeling Questionnaire were used in the research.

Results: The statistical analyses carried out, including regression analyses and a model of analysis of mediation between variables, have indicated that this sense of effectiveness is a key positive predictor of every aspect related to strengthening attitudes towards safety (a cognitive aspect [β = 0.21, p < 0.001], an affective aspect [β = 0.15, p = 0.001] and a behavioral aspect [β = 0.15, p = 0.002]), as well as the overall level of attitude towards safety (β = 0.19, p < 0.001).

Conclusions: The sense of effectiveness is an important mediator between the level of perceived stress and attitudes towards safety, which means that as the subjectively perceived sense of self-efficacy increases, the level of experienced stress decreases and thus the positive attitude towards safe actions and behaviors in the workplace is strengthened. Med Pr. 2021;72(5):479-87.

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压力和自我效能作为航空部门工作安全的具体预测因素。

背景:本文讨论了在主观变量的背景下对工作安全的态度问题，如心理压力和航空部门工人的主观自我效能感。这项研究本质上是探索性的。它的重点是捕捉波兰和斯洛伐克机场地勤工作人员的个人经验。在接受调查的326人中，有工程师、消防员、机械师和电工——这些人每天都在困难和危险的工作条件下工作，经常发生意外事故和故障。根据作者的说法，工业4.0和这一工业分支本身的社会心理因素在经验上得到的验证相当不足。在这些单位中，关注工作安全并加强对安全的积极态度似乎是管理的一个关键方面。材料与方法:采用M. Znajmiecka-Sikora的波兰安全态度问卷、广义自我效能量表和Plopa and Makarowski压力感受问卷进行研究。结果:统计分析,包括回归分析和模型之间的中介变量,分析表明,这种效率是一个关键的积极预测相关的各个方面加强对安全的态度(一个认知方面[β= 0.21,p < 0.001),一个情感方面(β= 0.15,p = 0.001)和行为方面(β= 0.15,p = 0.002)),以及对安全的态度的总体水平(β= 0.19,p < 0.001)。结论:效能感是感知压力水平与安全态度之间的重要中介，即随着主观感知自我效能感的增强，体验压力水平降低，从而增强了对工作场所安全行动和行为的积极态度。医学进展与科学学报;2011;31(5):479-87。

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Medycyna pracy PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH-

CiteScore

1.90

自引率

10.00%

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审稿时长

6-12 weeks

期刊介绍： The journal publishes original papers, review papers and case studies in Polish and English. The subject matter of the articles includes occupational pathology, physical, chemical and biological agents at workplace, toxicology, mutagenesis, health policy, health management, health care, epidemiology, etc. The magazine also includes reports from national and international scientific conferences on occupational medicine. It also contains letters to the editor. Each first-in-year issue of the magazine comprises former-year indices of authors and keywords.