Task complexity matters: The influence of trait mindfulness on task and safety performance of nuclear power plant operators

	Task complexity matters: The influence of trait mindfulness on task and safety performance of nuclear power plant operators
	Zhang, Jingyu; Ding, Weidong; Li, Yongjuan; Wu, Changxu
刊名	PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES
	2013
卷号	55 期号:4 页码:433-439
关键词	Trait mindfulness Task performance Safety performance Nuclear power plants Task complexity
ISSN号	0031-5125
通讯作者	Li, YJ (reprint author), Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Psychol, 4A Datun Rd, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China.
产权排序	1
英文摘要	People with high level of trait mindfulness are more likely to maintain an open and present-focused awareness and attention. Whereas a positive link between trait mindfulness and well-being has been established, its influence on real-world performance has not been fully addressed. In Study 1, we validated the Freiburg Mindfulness Inventory (FMI) in a Chinese sample (N = 294) and found that a two-dimensional solution (a presence factor and an acceptance factor) best fit the data. In Study 2, using this validated scale, we directly investigated the influence of trait mindfulness on task and safety performance. In a sample of 136 Chinese nuclear power plant operators, it was found that trait mindfulness interacted with task complexity to influence performance. For high-complexity-task holders (the control room operators), the presence factor was positively related to their task and safety performance; for the low-complexity-task holders (the field operators), the presence factor had no influence on safety performance but a negative influence on task performance. The acceptance factor did not have any meaningful influences. These results suggest that the benefit of being mindful outweighs its cost for complex but not simple tasks. Implications are discussed. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
学科主题	Industrial and Organizational Psychology
WOS标题词	Social Sciences
类目[WOS]	Psychology, Social
研究领域[WOS]	Psychology
关键词[WOS]	QUESTIONNAIRE ; INVENTORY ; ATTENTION
收录类别	SCI
原文出处	http://ac.els-cdn.com/S0191886913001566/1-s2.0-S0191886913001566-main.pdf?_tid=5fe75274-d78e-11e4-a7c4-00000aab0f6c&acdnat=1427796902_271ca39cb97843b51ecc7249cf05dd0b
语种	英语
WOS记录号	WOS:000320427800016
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.psych.ac.cn/handle/311026/10835]
专题	心理研究所_社会与工程心理学研究室
作者单位	Li, YJ (reprint author), Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Psychol, 4A Datun Rd, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China.
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Zhang, Jingyu,Ding, Weidong,Li, Yongjuan,et al. Task complexity matters: The influence of trait mindfulness on task and safety performance of nuclear power plant operators[J]. PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES,2013,55(4):433-439.
APA	Zhang, Jingyu,Ding, Weidong,Li, Yongjuan,&Wu, Changxu.(2013).Task complexity matters: The influence of trait mindfulness on task and safety performance of nuclear power plant operators.PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES,55(4),433-439.
MLA	Zhang, Jingyu,et al."Task complexity matters: The influence of trait mindfulness on task and safety performance of nuclear power plant operators".PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES 55.4(2013):433-439.