Purpose

This paper examines direct and mediation relations among physical isolation variables (social isolation and loneliness), mental health (anxiety and depression), and safety behaviour (safety compliance and safety participation).

Method

A cross-sectional study with data were collected by means of a questionnaire among oil and gas workers (foreign employees working at a remote oil and gas field site located in Kuwait), during a 3-month period (from October 2018 to December 2018). Regression analyses (bivariate and hierarchical), carried out on 387 responses, were employed to test the hypothesised model relating physical isolation variables, mental health, and safety behaviour.

Results

The results provide support for the direct relations for the model, in that both social isolation and loneliness predicted both types of safety behaviour (compliance and participation). Further, the results provide partial support for the mediation relations for the model, as mental health was found to be a mediator of the relationship between loneliness and safety behaviour.

Discussion

Physical isolation variables have negative effect on safety behaviour, while mental health can operate as risk factors. The implications of these results for physical isolation, mental health issues and/or safety behaviour interventions in the industry are discussed.

中文翻译：

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科威特石油和天然气工人的身体隔离和安全行为：心理健康的中介作用

目的

本文考察了身体隔离变量（社会隔离和孤独）、心理健康（焦虑和抑郁）和安全行为（安全遵守和安全参与）之间的直接和中介关系。

方法

通过对石油和天然气工人（在位于科威特的偏远油气田现场工作的外国雇员）进行问卷调查，在 3 个月期间（从 2018 年 10 月至 2018 年 12 月）收集数据的横断面研究. 对 387 个响应进行的回归分析（双变量和分层）被用来测试与物理隔离变量、心理健康和安全行为相关的假设模型。

结果

结果为模型的直接关系提供了支持，因为社会孤立和孤独都预测了两种类型的安全行为（遵守和参与）。此外，结果为模型的中介关系提供了部分支持，因为发现心理健康是孤独和安全行为之间关系的中介。

讨论

身体隔离变量对安全行为有负面影响，而心理健康可能是危险因素。讨论了这些结果对行业中物理隔离、心理健康问题和/或安全行为干预的影响。