Risk Perception and Ethnic Background in Construction Workers
Results of a Cross-Sectional Study in a Group of Trainees of a Vocational School in Italy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 16945573 |
|---|---|
| Authors | F Ricci (0000-0001-8641-0139, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia), Giulia Bravo (0000-0002-3149-2883, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia), Alberto Modenese (0000-0002-0850-5615, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia), Fabrizio De Pasquale, Davide Ferrari (0000-0001-7084-6800), Massimo Bello (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia), Gianluca Favero, Sergio Soddu, Fabriziomaria Gobba (0000-0002-1267-1632, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 96-109 |
| Publication date | 2021-01-26 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2174-8144 • E-ISSN: 2254-9625 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/ejihpe11010008 |
| PMID | 34542452 |
| OpenAlex | W3123822346 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 20 |
Risk perception can be influenced by cultural background. The study aims to evaluate risk perception, considering different ethnicities of construction workers from vocational schools in Italy. We administered a questionnaire investigating four different dimensions: Perceived behavioral control (PBC), Danger perception (DP), Safety climate (SC), and Attitude towards safe actions (ATSA). 562 workers answered: 72.4% from Italy, 14.2% from eastern Europe, 9.4% from Balkans, and 3.9% from North Africa. The participants indicated quite low control, attributable to the haste in performing the job. The workers perceived their specific job tasks as riskier compared to the tasks of their colleagues. They reported as fundamental the respecting of safety rules, but indicating that supervisors do not adequately promote safety behaviors. Finally, construction workers judged as “brave” the colleagues working without protective equipment. When compared to Italians, North Africa workers showed a lower perception of the possibility to control their safe behaviors (p = 0.040), while both eastern Europeans and Balkan obtained higher scores at the ATSA dimension, indicating a kind of fatalistic acceptance of the risky situations at work. Eastern Europeans also showed a lower perception of the dangers (p = 0.002), while Balkan demonstrated a perception of SC even better than the Italian group (p = 0.005)
Environmental health · Ethnic group · Management · Occupational safety and health · Pedagogy · Perception · Political science · Risk perception · Safety climate · Vocational education · Applied Psychology · Medicine · Occupational Health and Safety Research · Psychology · Risk and Safety Analysis · Risk Perception and Management · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |