title: Developing a context-general self-report approach to measure three-level situation awareness.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Situation awareness (SA) is considered to be crucial for work in safety critical organisations,yet its precise definition and an agreed upon measurement approach have yet to emerge. SA is often measured as an operator's overview of some specific parameters within a given work setting and a given time frame, an approach that entails both advantages and disadvantages. The current approach examines whether some aspects of SA relating to workplace safety can also be captured in a context-general inventory.
  
  
  METHODS
  166 offshore maritime personnel answered the SA inventory with 13 items describing the respondent's typical cognitions concerning safety issues.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Confirmatory factor analysis of response patterns showed that the internal pattern among the items reflected the three level structure predicted by the leading theoretical model. Strengths and weaknesses of the inventory itself, as well as the approach in general are discussed, and future research directions are outlined.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It appears feasible to measure aspects of SA in a context-general inventory, though additional adjustment and validation is required.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychosocial Science, University of Bergen, Norway. satrevik@gmail.com
authors.forename: Bjørn
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sætrevik
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D059031:Anticipation, Psychological; D001364:Awareness; D032882:Comprehension; D019652:Extraction and Processing Industry; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009326:Naval Medicine; D016272:Occupational Health; D010465:Perception; D012449:Safety; D057566:Self Report; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires