Mitigating overconfidence bias: A cross-sectional pilot study of male maintenance workers in the engineering sector
Introduction: Overconfidence is understood as the susceptibility to cognitive error caused by overconfidence in one’s own means and a lack of awareness of one’s own limits. The purpose of the work is to investigate the level of overconfidence in 186 maintenance workers and identify those most at ris...
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| author | Luca DI GIAMPAOLO Federica MARINO Claudia GIURGOLA Piergiorgio ASTOLFI Luca COPPETA Simone DE SIO Paola BORRELLI Teresa GALANTI Laura FORCELLA Maria Elisa MAIOLO Kavita BATRA Murat YILDIRIM Hicham KHABBACHE Amelia RIZZO Mahmood BAHRAMIZADEH Hiroo WADA Qiao NIU Hector NIETO Francesco CHIRICO |
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| description | Introduction: Overconfidence is understood as the susceptibility to cognitive error caused by overconfidence in one’s own means and a lack of awareness of one’s own limits. The purpose of the work is to investigate the level of overconfidence in 186 maintenance workers and identify those most at risk of injury based on certain characteristics such as gender, age, educational qualification, and task performed.
Methods: The study was conducted among the employees of a large metalworking company in central Italy over a three-months period. The validated questionnaire of Cavazza & Serpe was administered, on a voluntary basis, used for data collection, and subsequently descriptive analysis was carried out for data interpretation.
Results: The study surveyed 184 male maintenance workers (response rate: 81.1%). Workers over 51 years old showed higher negative emotions toward safety procedures (SP) and greater intention to transgress, though actual transgressions were low. Living arrangements and education influenced attitudes, with workers living with others reporting higher control (p=0.032) and those with high school diplomas showing more positive attitudes (p=0.018). Transgressive behavior correlated with reduced moral norms, positive emotions, and control (all p<0.001). Negative attitudes toward SP were linked to higher transgression rates, emphasizing the need for targeted interventions to improve safety adherence.
Discussion: The results obtained are useful for planning training activities, targeted on the critical aspects that emerged, first of all on overconfidence bias, aimed at reducing injuries in the workplace. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-b5a1a8420f4e4f0c9a121a357bb2953e2025-01-24T11:20:52ZengEdizioni FSJournal of Health and Social Sciences2499-22402499-58862024-12-0194551563Mitigating overconfidence bias: A cross-sectional pilot study of male maintenance workers in the engineering sectorLuca DI GIAMPAOLO0Federica MARINO1Claudia GIURGOLA2Piergiorgio ASTOLFI3Luca COPPETA4Simone DE SIO5Paola BORRELLI6Teresa GALANTI7Laura FORCELLA8Maria Elisa MAIOLO9Kavita BATRA10Murat YILDIRIM11Hicham KHABBACHE12Amelia RIZZO13Mahmood BAHRAMIZADEH14Hiroo WADA15Qiao NIU16Hector NIETO17Francesco CHIRICO18Department of Innovative Technologies in Medicine and Dentistry, “G. d’Annunzio” University, Chieti-Pescara, Italy. E-mail: luca.digiampaolo@unich.itDepartment of Innovative Technologies in Medicine and Dentistry, “G. d’Annunzio” University, Chieti-Pescara, Italy. E-mail: federicamarinomdl@gmail.comDepartment of Innovative Technologies in Medicine and Dentistry, “G. d’Annunzio” University, Chieti-Pescara, Italy. E-mail: cgiurgola@yahoo.itDepartment of Innovative Technologies in Medicine and Dentistry, “G. d’Annunzio” University, Chieti-Pescara, Italy. E-mail: piergiorgio.astolfi@studenti.unich.it Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, “Tor Vergata” University of Rome, Rome, Italy. E-mail: lcoppeta@gmail.com Department of Anatomical, Histological, Forensic Medicine and Orthopedic Science, “La Sapienza” University of Rome, Roma, Italy. E-mail: simone.desio@uniroma1.itDepartment of Medical, Oral and Biotechnological Sciences, Laboratory of Biostatistics, “G. d’Annunzio” University, Chieti-Pescara, Italy. E-mail: paola.borrelli@unich.itDepartment of Psychological, Health and Territorial Sciences, “G. d’Annunzio” University, Chieti-Pescara, Italy. E-mail: teresa.galanti@unich.itUniversità degli Studi eCampus, Novedrate (CO), Italy. E-mail: laura.forcella@uniecampus.it Department of Neurosciences, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, “G. d’Annunzio” University, Chieti-Pescara, Italy. E-mail: maiolo.elisa@hotmail.itDepartment of Medical Education and Office of Research, Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA. E-mail: kavita.batra@unlv.edu Department of Psychology, Faculty of Science and Letters, Ağrı İbrahim Çeçen University, Ağrı, Turkey. E-mail: muratyildirim@agri.edu.trDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Arts and Human Sciences Fès-Saïss, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fez, Morocco. E-mail: hichamcogn@gmail.comDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy. E-mail: amrizzo@unime.itDepartment of Orthotics and Prosthetics, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran. E-mail: mbzoandp@gmail.comDepartment of Public Health & Division of Medical Education, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. E-mail: h-wada@juntendo.ac.jpSchool of Public Health, Shanxi Medical University, China. E-mail: niuqiao55@sxmu.edu.cnOccupational Medicine School, University of Business and Social Sciences, Buenos Aires, Argentina. E-mail: hnieto@live.com.ar Post-graduate School of Occupational Health, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy. E-mail: francesco.chirico@unicatt.itIntroduction: Overconfidence is understood as the susceptibility to cognitive error caused by overconfidence in one’s own means and a lack of awareness of one’s own limits. The purpose of the work is to investigate the level of overconfidence in 186 maintenance workers and identify those most at risk of injury based on certain characteristics such as gender, age, educational qualification, and task performed. Methods: The study was conducted among the employees of a large metalworking company in central Italy over a three-months period. The validated questionnaire of Cavazza & Serpe was administered, on a voluntary basis, used for data collection, and subsequently descriptive analysis was carried out for data interpretation. Results: The study surveyed 184 male maintenance workers (response rate: 81.1%). Workers over 51 years old showed higher negative emotions toward safety procedures (SP) and greater intention to transgress, though actual transgressions were low. Living arrangements and education influenced attitudes, with workers living with others reporting higher control (p=0.032) and those with high school diplomas showing more positive attitudes (p=0.018). Transgressive behavior correlated with reduced moral norms, positive emotions, and control (all p<0.001). Negative attitudes toward SP were linked to higher transgression rates, emphasizing the need for targeted interventions to improve safety adherence. Discussion: The results obtained are useful for planning training activities, targeted on the critical aspects that emerged, first of all on overconfidence bias, aimed at reducing injuries in the workplace.https://journalhss.com/wp-content/uploads/10.192042024MTGT7.pdfoccupational healthoverconfidencerisk perceptionworkplace safety |
| spellingShingle | Luca DI GIAMPAOLO Federica MARINO Claudia GIURGOLA Piergiorgio ASTOLFI Luca COPPETA Simone DE SIO Paola BORRELLI Teresa GALANTI Laura FORCELLA Maria Elisa MAIOLO Kavita BATRA Murat YILDIRIM Hicham KHABBACHE Amelia RIZZO Mahmood BAHRAMIZADEH Hiroo WADA Qiao NIU Hector NIETO Francesco CHIRICO Mitigating overconfidence bias: A cross-sectional pilot study of male maintenance workers in the engineering sector Journal of Health and Social Sciences occupational health overconfidence risk perception workplace safety |
| title | Mitigating overconfidence bias: A cross-sectional pilot study of male maintenance workers in the engineering sector |
| title_full | Mitigating overconfidence bias: A cross-sectional pilot study of male maintenance workers in the engineering sector |
| title_fullStr | Mitigating overconfidence bias: A cross-sectional pilot study of male maintenance workers in the engineering sector |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mitigating overconfidence bias: A cross-sectional pilot study of male maintenance workers in the engineering sector |
| title_short | Mitigating overconfidence bias: A cross-sectional pilot study of male maintenance workers in the engineering sector |
| title_sort | mitigating overconfidence bias a cross sectional pilot study of male maintenance workers in the engineering sector |
| topic | occupational health overconfidence risk perception workplace safety |
| url | https://journalhss.com/wp-content/uploads/10.192042024MTGT7.pdf |
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