Highlights ► Dispositional happiness was associated with safer choices. ► Trait anxiety was associated with increased risk. ► Better simulators made less risky decisions. ► Trait anxiety was negatively correlated with goodness-of-simulation. ► Goodness-of-simulation mediated the effect of trait anxiety on risk decision making.
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.
Direct and indirect effects of mood on risk decision making in safety-critical workers
Accident Analysis and Prevention ; 50 ; 472-482
2012-05-22
11 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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