Direct and indirect effects of mood on risk decision making in safety-critical workers

MORGAN, James I., JONES, Fiona A. and HARRIS, Peter R. (2013). Direct and indirect effects of mood on risk decision making in safety-critical workers. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 50, 472-482.

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Abstract

The study aimed to examine the direct influence of specific moods (fatigue, anxiety, happiness) on risk in safety-critical decision making. It further aimed to explore indirect effects, specifically, the potential mediating effects of information processing assessed using a goodness-of-simulation task. Trait fatigue and anxiety were associated with an increase in risk taking on the Safety-Critical Personal Risk Inventory (S-CPRI), however the effect of fatigue was partialled out by anxiety. Trait happiness, in contrast was related to less risky decision making. Findings concerning the ability to simulate suggest that better simulators made less risky decisions. Anxious workers were generally less able to simulate. It is suggested that in this safety-critical environment happiness had a direct effect on risk decision making while the effect of trait anxiety was mediated by goodness-of-simulation.

Item Type:	Article
Research Institute, Centre or Group - Does NOT include content added after October 2018:	Psychology Research Group
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2012.05.026
Page Range:	472-482
Depositing User:	Jim Morgan
Date Deposited:	29 Jun 2012 14:59
Last Modified:	18 Mar 2021 14:19
URI:	https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/5453

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