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Reazioni emotive e comportamentali al terremoto di Umbria e Marche
Full text linkQuesta ricerca ha studiato le reazioni emotive e comportamentali al terremoto in un campione di 100 cittadini di Fabriano.Tramite intervista strutturata sono state raccolte le reazione emotive e comportamentali immediate al terremoto, assieme alla descrizione del contesto sociale e ambientale. I risultati hanno mostrato che le reazioni comportamentali riportate dai partecipanti durante il terremoto sono state: fuga, congelamento, ricerca di riparo sul posto, nessuna reazione, in quanto non si è compreso l’accaduto, ricerca di informazioni nell’ambiente sociale prossimale, ricerca di contatto con familiari e/o tentativo di proteggerli, e termine attività svolte al momento. Dopo il terremoto, i partecipanti hanno riportato diversi comportamenti: evacuazione, ritorno a casa, contatto con familiari, evitamento di danni, osservazione incredula dell’accaduto, recupero dei propri beni, stare in gruppo sul luogo e prosieguo delle attività precedenti. Le reazioni emotive più riportate sono state: paura, impotenza, preoccupazione e terrore. I comportamenti di aiuto sono stati frequenti mentre il saccheggio è praticamente inesistente. I fattori contestuali risultano avere un’influenza sulle reazioni emotive e comportamentali.This study investigated emotional and behavioural reactions to earthquake in sample of 100 citizen of Fabriano (Italy). Immediate reactions to earthquake (emotions and behaviours) and descriptions of the context of earthquake were derived from structured interviews. Results showed that participants reported that their coping response to earthquake were: flight, freezing, to take shelter, no reactions because they did not realize what was happening, to look for relatives and to try to protect them, to look for additional information from the social environment and to complete previous activities. After the earthquake, participants reported several behavioural reactions: to evacuate, to come back home, to contact family members, to avoid damages, to observe what was happening, to recover personal belongings, to converge in groups, and to carry on previous activities. The most frequent emotional reactions were: fear, powerlessness, worry and terror. Helping behaviors were frequent while looting was practically non-existent. Environmental and social factors had an influence on emotional and cognitive reaction
A cluster analysis of university commuters: Attitudes, personal norms and constraints, and travel satisfaction
Full text linkHigher education institutions are recognised as settings where the community’s awareness of sustainable mobility can be strengthened or reshaped. The first objective of the present study was to identify groups of commuters based on their modal choice in a large higher education institution in Italy. The second objective was to compare the groups on socio-demographic and psychosocial variables, specifically attitudes, personal norms, personal constraints, and travel satisfaction. The cluster analysis revealed five different types of commuters: car-oriented, two-wheeled urban users, pedestrians, long-distance commuters, and regular bus users. Attitudes, personal constraints and norms, and satisfaction differed in the five groups of commuters. The present study provides insights for behavioural change programmes and organizational policies on sustainable mobility
Evaluating Organizational Guidelines for Enhancing Psychological Well-Being, Safety, and Performance in Technology Integration
Full text linkOrganizations that integrate new technologies, such as collaborative robots, often struggle to maintain workers' psychological well-being during transitions. Integrating new technologies can, in fact, negatively impact job satisfaction, motivation, and organizational culture. It is thus essential to prioritize workers' psychological sustainability to benefit fully from these technologies' advantages, such as reduced production times and increased flexibility. This study evaluates the impact of eight guidelines designed to support organizations in optimizing human-robot collaboration. The guidelines focus on safety, training, communication, worker agency, and stakeholder involvement. We investigated possible implementation solutions and assessment methods or KPIs for each guideline. We conducted an online survey targeting experts in robotics to gather opinions on the guidelines' potential impact on workers' psychological well-being, safety, and performance. The survey also asked about implementation solutions and KPIs for evaluating their effectiveness. Proposed solutions, such as demonstration videos and hands-on training, have the potential to enhance users' perceived safety and confidence in the system. KPIs, such as subjective perceived safety, risk assessment, and user satisfaction, can be employed to assess the success of these implementations. The study highlights key strategies for ensuring workers' psychological well-being, optimizing performance, and promoting a smooth integration of robotic technologies. By addressing these factors, organizations can better navigate technology integration challenges, fostering a more sustainable and human-centric approach to deploying robotic systems in the workplace
Resilience among first responders
Full text linkBackground. Emergency rescue personnel can be considered a ‘‘high risk\'\' occupational group in that they could experience a broad range of health and mental health consequences as a result of work-related exposures to critical incidents. Objectives. This study examined the resilience factors that protect mental health among first responders.
Methods. Nine hundred and sixty-one first responders filled out an on-line questionnaire, containing measure of sense of community, collective efficacy, self-efficacy and work-related mental health outcomes (compassion fatigue, burnout and compassion satisfaction).
Results. First responders reported high level of compassion satisfaction and low level of burnout and compassion fatigue. Compassion fatigue was predicted by self-efficacy, burnout was predicted by self-efficacy, collective efficacy and sense of community, compassion satisfaction was predicted by self-efficacy and sense of community. Conclusions. Resilience following critical events is common among first responders. Self-efficacy, collective efficacy and sense of community could be considered resilience factors that preserve first responders\' work-related mental health. African Health Sciences Vol. 8 Special Edition 2008: pp. S14-S2
Does Organizational Commitment to Mental Health Affect Team Processes? A Longitudinal Study
Full text linkPurpose: Team processes, such as reflexivity and participation, are critical for organizational sustainability, especially in high-reliability professions such as healthcare. However, little is known about health-related predictors of team processes. Basing our hypotheses on the Input-Process-Output (IPO) model, this study investigates the influence of perceived organizational commitment to mental health (OCMH) on healthcare workers' team reflexivity and participation via mental health-specific leadership (MHsL) and team autonomy.
Patients and methods: The study involved 82 participants (ie, physicians, nurses, healthcare assistants, healthcare technicians, and physiotherapists) working in the Medicine, Emergency, and Neurological Departments at a large public healthcare organization in Italy. Data was gathered at 2-time points, 14 months apart.
Results: The results suggest that healthcare workers' perception of their organization's support for mental health at T1 significantly impacts team participation at T2 through MHsL and team autonomy. Likewise, the indirect effect of OCMH through MHsL and team autonomy was also significant in the model predicting team reflexivity. However, in both models, no direct relationship of OCMH on the dependent variables was found.
Conclusion: The findings highlight the importance of a mental health-supportive environment and leadership to foster team autonomy and, subsequentially, team processes, which are fundamental for performance and patient care
Fattori psicosociali in militari coinvolti in missioni di supporto alla pace: una rassegna
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Commentary: Principles, Approaches and Challenges of Applying Big Data in Safety Psychology Research
Full text linkThis commentary builds upon the recent theoretical paper by Kang et al. (2019) to advance the debate currently going on about psychology and big data. The aim is to discuss the feasibility of extending the conceptualization proposed by the authors—i.e., Big Data of Safety Psychology (BDSP)—to other branches of psychology going beyond the only safety domain, ultimately pointing out a big data of whatever psychology scenario. This will lead to suggest a perspective enrichment from a solely big data applied to psychology paradigm toward a much less advocated psychology applied to big data
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