Journal of Occupational Health and Epidemiology

en Association between Safety Self-Efficacy, Safety Perceived Control, and Safety Behavior in Employees of a Selected Steel Industry, Iran (2023) Occupational Health Original Article <div style="text-align: justify;">Background: Individual factors influence safety behavior, especially personality and psychological variables. Self-efficacy and perceived control are among these psychological drivers that were less addressed in the industrial environments and work safety. In this regard, the present study was conducted to investigate the association between safety self-efficacy and safety perceived control with the dimensions of safety behaviors. Methods and Materials: This cross-sectional study was conducted in a steel industry in Yazd province during the spring of 2023. 252 employees from different occupational groups (workers, supervisors, and production managers) were included in the study. Griffin and Neal's questionnaire was used to check the safety behavior dimensions (safety compliance and safety participation). Moreover, safety self-efficacy and safety perceived control were evaluated using Proactive-Safety Role Orientation Questionnaire (PRO-SAFE). To analyze the data, correlation, Mann-Whitney, Kruskal-Wallis test, and multiple linear regression model were used. SPSS-24 software was used to analyze data.    Results: We found a positive and significant association between psychological drivers and safety behavior. The regression model showed that with a unit increase in the safety self-efficacy score, the mean score of safety compliance, and safety participation increased by 0.36 and 0.36, respectively. Furthermore, with a unit increase in the safety perceived control score, the mean score of safety compliance and safety participation increased by 0.41 and 0.44, respectively.  Conclusion: Considering positive and significant association between psychological drivers and safety behavior, creating and promoting psychological drivers in the individuals can improve the level of safety in the workplace and reduce accidents.</div> Safety,Behavior,Psychological Feedback,Self-Efficacy,Occupational Accidents, 61 68 http://johe.rums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-457-4&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Mahdi Jafari Nodoushan mjn495@gmail.com 22400319475328460010505 22400319475328460010505 No M.Sc. in Occupational Health, Dept. of Occupational Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran. Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences Reza Jafari Nodoushan jafarinodoushan@gmail.com 22400319475328460010506 22400319475328460010506 Yes Assistant Prof., Dept. of Occupational Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran. Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences Gholamhossein Halvani mjn01999@gmail.com 22400319475328460010507 22400319475328460010507 No Assistant Prof., Dept. of Occupational Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran. Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences Reyhane Sefidkar reyhanesefidkar@gmail.com 22400319475328460010508 22400319475328460010508 No Assistant Prof., Center for Healthcare Data Modeling, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran. hahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences Hamidreza Mokarami hamidreza.mokarami@yahoo.com 22400319475328460010509 22400319475328460010509 No Associate Prof., Dept. of Ergonomics, School of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. Shiraz University of Medical Sciences