Impact of implicit and explicit safety attitudes on safety behavior among construction workers

doi:10.16265/j.cnki.issn1003-3033.2024.12.0222

Abstract

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To improve construction workers' safety behavior and enhance the effectiveness of both implicit and explicit safety attitudes on this behavior, this study investigated the interaction between these two types of attitudes and their combined influence on safety behavior. First, an experiment was designed to measure the implicit safety attitudes of construction workers, and Implicit Association Test(IAT) was used to evaluate underlying attitudes. Then, the relationship between implicit and explicit safety attitudes was analyzed based on an explicit safety attitude scale. Finally, the study examined how the three components of both implicit and explicit safety attitudes—cognitive, emotional, and behavioral tendency—affected safety behavior. The results show that construction workers generally exhibit positive implicit safety attitude. However, the correlation between implicit and explicit safety attitudes is weak. Explicit safety attitude, particularly the overall, emotional, and behavioral components, has a significant positive effect on safety behavior, while the correlation between implicit attitude and safety behavior remains weak. When implicit and explicit safety attitudes are aligned, their correlation with and explanatory power for safety behavior increases.

Key words: construction workers, implicit safety attitude, explicit safety attitude, safety behavior, behavioral tendency component

CLC Number:

X915.2安全社会学

YE Gui, YUE Hongzhe, YE Xin. Impact of implicit and explicit safety attitudes on safety behavior among construction workers[J]. China Safety Science Journal, 2024, 34(12): 2-7.

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序号	任务描述	“Q”键反应	“P”键反应	次数
1	目标词辨别1	安全	风险	10
2	属性词辨别	积极词	消极词	16
3	相容任务	安全+积极词	风险+消极词	16
4	目标词辨别2	风险	安全	10
5	不相容任务	风险+积极词	安全+消极词	16

维度	题项编号	题项
安全遵守	AQZS1	在工作中我遵守公司的规章制度
	AQZS2	工作中我会努力保证自己的安全
	AQZS3	从事危险作业时,我只有穿戴好齐全的安全防护设施才工作
安全参与	AQCY1	我能够积极地参与施工现场的安全工作会议
	AQCY2	对企业安全管理的规定和制度我经常提出自己的意见
	AQCY3	对现场的安全管理方法我经常提出自己的意见
	AQCY4	我非常积极主动地帮助工友应对不安全行为

变量	均值	标准差	t检验值
IAT0	1.103	0.325	34.094
IAT1	1.244	0.489	25.561
IAT2	1.062	0.463	23.035
IAT3	1.003	0.325	26.975

变量	相关性(p值)
IAT1-外显认知成分	0.044 (0.666)
IAT2-外显情感成分	0.087 (0.389)
IAT3-外显行为倾向成分	0.102 (0.310)
IAT0-外显安全态度整体	0.131 (0.190)

安全态度	安全行为		安全态度	安全行为
安全态度	一致前	一致后	安全态度	一致前	一致后
IAT1	0.078	0.288	认知成分	0.295^**	0.577^**
IAT2	0.096	0.555^**	情感成分	0.223^*	0.505^**
IAT3	0.191	0.698^**	行为倾向成分	0.467^**	0.699^**
IAT0	0.159	0.683^**	外显安全态度	0.471^**	0.756^**