Factors Contributing To Positive And Negative Outcomes Of Involvement In Trauma For Railroad Workers

Jill Pinarowicz, Patrick Sherry and Allison Bondanza

No 206950, 54th Annual Transportation Research Forum, Annapolis, Maryland, March 21-23, 2013 from Transportation Research Forum

Abstract: Railroad engineers work in a profession where the probability of being involved in a critical incident, including derailments, collisions and near misses, as well as other fatalities and suicides on the tracks are likely to occur (Weiss & Farrell, 2006). According to Napper, 1998, the average train driver will be involved in three fatal accidents during a 25-year career. Recently, several studies have been conducted investigating Post Traumatic Growth (PTG), or the occurrence of a positive change or attitude in the individual following exposure to traumatic events, however; no studies to date specifically address PTG as a concept applicable to those in the transportation industry exposed to work related trauma. Recent research suggests that positive cognitive processing (Linley & Joseph, 2004; Tedeschi & Calhoun, 2004;), personality variables extraversion and openness to new experiences (Dorfel, Rabe, & Karl, 2008;), and social support (Regehr, et al., 2007) have the potential to influence the emergence of PTG. The overall purpose of this study is to gain a better understanding of the negative and positive effects of traumatic events on railroad workers. In order to better understand the effects of trauma, it is a logical next step to study personality factors, social support, and cognitive coping combined in a regression analysis to sort through the relative contribution of these variables to the occurrence of growth and other consequences.

Keywords: Industrial Organization; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Labor and Human Capital (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 3
Date: 2013-03
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.206950

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