TY - JOUR PY - 2021// TI - Development and validation of a cognitive model-based novel questionnaire for measuring potential unsafe behaviors of construction workers JO - International journal of occupational safety and ergonomics A1 - Deng, Shuwen A1 - Zhu, Honglei A1 - Peng, Rui A1 - Pan, Yonggang SP - ePub EP - ePub VL - ePub IS - ePub N2 - AbstractThe accidental fatality rate of the construction industry is one of the highest areas with occupational accidents in all workplaces. To investigate the most common and direct cause of hazardous accidental incidents, the unsafe behaviors of construction workers would be the answer. In order to reduce occupational accidents, an assessable questionnaire is urgently needed for measuring the potential unsafe behaviors of construction workers. Considering that safety climate research and behavior safety research barely explained the causes of unsafe behavior, this research was conducted from a cognitive model-based perspective. A new questionnaire was designed to evaluate the potentially unsafe behaviors, and a cognitive model with 11 factors was adopted. After verification by exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, and reliability analysis, the new questionnaire showed good validity (content validity index < 0.79 and content validity ratio> 0.42, average variance extracted > 0.5) and reliability (Cronbach's α > 0.7, composite reliability > 0.7), and the cognitive model fitted well. Therefore, the new questionnaire is effective and reliable in assessing the causes of unsafe behaviors of construction workers.

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LA - en SN - 1080-3548 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10803548.2021.2010408 ID - ref1 ER -