Health behaviour and safety in the construction sector

  1. Meliá Navarro, Josep L.
  2. Becerril Galindo, Marta
Revista:
Psicothema

ISSN: 0214-9915

Año de publicación: 2009

Volumen: 21

Número: 3

Páginas: 427-432

Tipo: Artículo

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Resumen

Conducta saludable y seguridad en el sector de la construcción. La conducta de salud abarca hábitos relacionados con el ejercicio, nutrición, tabaco y consumo de drogas o alcohol. La conducta no saludable, en especial el consumo de alcohol, se ha considerado una fuente de accidentes en construcción. Sin embargo, la conducta no saludable puede también verse como un resultado del nivel de seguridad y riesgo de esos trabajos. El propósito de este trabajo es contrastar el papel de la conducta no saludable como fuente o resultado de la seguridad y el riesgo en construcción. Los datos fueron obtenidos en 180 trabajadores de una empresa constructora española. Dos modelos path representando estas dos hipótesis fueron contrastados. El modelo en que la conducta no saludable es un antecedente de los accidentes no ajusta a los datos (Chi-cuadrado= 73,798, gl= 3, p<0,001). Los resultados apoyan la hipótesis de la conducta no saludable como un resultado de factores de seguridad y mediados por la experiencia de tensión (Chi-cuadrado= 4,507, gl= 2, p= 0,212). Este modelo corrobora la naturaleza estresora de la exposición al riesgo y la ausencia de una respuesta de seguridad de los supervisores, y permite considerar los accidentes como una causa de tensión que, a su vez, afecta la conducta no saludable.

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