title: Accident locus of control and risk taking among forestry and construction workers.
abstract: 228 forestry and 45 construction workers completed the Accident Locus of Control scale which is a modified version of the Health Locus of Control 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 tended to take more risks than the subjects with higher scores on internal locus of control. The results support a dual-dimensional view of control rather than a unidimensional view.
authors.affiliation: Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Department of Occupational Safety, Vantaa.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Salminen
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Klen
mesh_terms: D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000523:psychology*; D003252:Construction Materials; D016468:Forestry; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D010555:Personality Inventory; D012309:Risk-Taking; D017132:Workplace