ACCIDENT LOCUS OF CONTROL AND RISK-TAKING AMONG FORESTRY AND CONSTRUCTION WORKERS

Authors
SALMINEN S KLEN T
Citation
S. Salminen et T. Klen, ACCIDENT LOCUS OF CONTROL AND RISK-TAKING AMONG FORESTRY AND CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, Perceptual and motor skills, 78(3), 1994, pp. 852-854
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology, Experimental
Journal title
Perceptual and motor skills → ACNP
ISSN journal
00315125
Volume
78
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Part
1
Pages
852 - 854
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-5125(1994)78:3<852:ALOCAR>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
228 forestry and 45 construction workers completed the Accident Locus of Control scale which is a modified version of the Health Locus of Co ntrol inventory. The forestry workers scored as having a more external locus of control than the construction workers. In both professional groups the subjects with higher scores on external locus of control te nded to take more risks than the subjects with higher scores on intern al locus of control. The results support a dual-dimensional view of co ntrol rather than a unidimensional view.