- NW Lancashire & South Nottinghamshire, England, UK
Thomas R Cox
University of Aberdeen, Institute of Applied Health Sciences, Department Member
- Honorary Professor of Occupational Health, University of Aberdeenedit
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Research Interests: Psychology, Architecture, Occupational Health, Computer Security, Medicine, and 15 moreOccupational Health Psychology, Population, Humans, Business and Management, Female, Male, Risk factors, Aged, Great Britain, Middle Aged, Security Measures, Adult, Risk Factors, Occupational Accidents, and Inservice training
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Research Interests: Psychology, Organizational Psychology, Education, Mental Health, Occupational Health, and 15 morePolitical Science, Risk Management, Benchmarking, Medicine, Social behavior, Policy making, Workplace, Humans, Europe, Process management, Psychosocial, Public health systems and services research, World Health Organization, Social Behavior, and Research Report
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The paper describes the development of a short Spanish-language version of the General Well-Being Questionnaire (GWBQ; Cox & Gotts, 1987), based on the 12 items of its Worn Out scale. Research has shown the English-version Worn Out scale... more
The paper describes the development of a short Spanish-language version of the General Well-Being Questionnaire (GWBQ; Cox & Gotts, 1987), based on the 12 items of its Worn Out scale. Research has shown the English-version Worn Out scale to be sensitive to aspects of the design and management of work. This study aimed to test its cross-cultural consistency in a Spanish-language workplace context. The data were collected from a sample of 229 workers in Valencia (Spain). Confirmatory Factor Analyses showed the factorial validity, reliability, and concurrent validity of the new Spanish version to be adequate. The sensitivity of the new measure to safety behavior and the reporting of accidents was also assessed and shown to be good. The new questionnaire extends the usefulness of the parent questionnaire to occupational health psychology research in the Spanish language by offering a short assessment tool appropriate for workplace studies.
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An experiment was carried out on spontaneous alternation in rats which was found to be increased by caffeine, and reduced by alcohol and previous exposure to the test situation. These results were interpreted in terms of a model of... more
An experiment was carried out on spontaneous alternation in rats which was found to be increased by caffeine, and reduced by alcohol and previous exposure to the test situation. These results were interpreted in terms of a model of behaviour, developed from ideas put ...
Research Interests: Psychology, Perception, Psychophysiology, Information Theory, Psychopharmacology, and 15 moreAnimal Behavior, Medicine, Applied Animal Behavior, Learning, Memory, Caffeine, Cerebral Cortex, Female, Animals, Ethanol, Arousal, Rats, Psychological Models, Psychology and Cognitive Sciences, and Medical and Health Sciences
To investigate the utility of the Work and Organization Assessment Questionnaire (WOAQ) for public sector data.
Research Interests: Business, Organizational Psychology, Nursing, Psychometrics, Organizational Culture, and 15 moreMethodology, Principal Component Analysis, Job Satisfaction, Evaluation, Public sector, Medicine, Humans, Female, Male, Middle Aged, Occupational, Adult, Public health systems and services research, Cross Sectional Studies, and Occupational and environmental medicine
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This article is set against the background of recent changes in health and safety legislation which directly affect hospital staff. Research into the central concepts of hazard, risk and harm is contributing to a broader understanding of... more
This article is set against the background of recent changes in health and safety legislation which directly affect hospital staff. Research into the central concepts of hazard, risk and harm is contributing to a broader understanding of the management of health and safety. Both occupational medicine and safety practice must recognise the role of psychosocial and organisational processes in managing workplace hazards.
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... et al., 1993; Jones et al., 1998) suggested stress and stress-related illness were second only to musculoskeletal disorders as the ... with various groups of workers; for example, chemical manufacturing process operators, railway... more
... et al., 1993; Jones et al., 1998) suggested stress and stress-related illness were second only to musculoskeletal disorders as the ... with various groups of workers; for example, chemical manufacturing process operators, railway station supervisors, call centre operatives, nurses ...
Violence and conflict appear to be increasingly common aspects of everyday life, to the point where people take them into consideration when planning their activities and feel anxious about their possible occurrence. It is not only actual... more
Violence and conflict appear to be increasingly common aspects of everyday life, to the point where people take them into consideration when planning their activities and feel anxious about their possible occurrence. It is not only actual violence which offers a contemporary source of stress but also the threat of violence, although subjective estimates of risk are not always accurate.
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Abstract Throughout Europe there are relatively few statistics, gathered a national level, which deal specifically with the problem of violence at work. In the UK, the revised Reporting of Injuries. Discases and Dangerous Occurrences... more
Abstract Throughout Europe there are relatively few statistics, gathered a national level, which deal specifically with the problem of violence at work. In the UK, the revised Reporting of Injuries. Discases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR) 1995 now ...
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... The papers address questions relating to both established work technology (assembly lines: Ulf Lundberg and colleagues) and to new technology (VDUs: Andy Smith, Danielle Peck and Timothy Clatworthy), to both professional (Ann Spurgeon... more
... The papers address questions relating to both established work technology (assembly lines: Ulf Lundberg and colleagues) and to new technology (VDUs: Andy Smith, Danielle Peck and Timothy Clatworthy), to both professional (Ann Spurgeon and Malcolm Harrington ...
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The effects of amphetamine, imipramine and ICI 58,834 (Vivalan), on the unconditioned behaviour of rats were compared using a novelty preference test and the open field test. Overall, the effects of ICI 58,834 (Vivalan) showed a marked... more
The effects of amphetamine, imipramine and ICI 58,834 (Vivalan), on the unconditioned behaviour of rats were compared using a novelty preference test and the open field test. Overall, the effects of ICI 58,834 (Vivalan) showed a marked resemblance to those of imipramine but differed from those of amphetamine. It is suggested that an adequate explanation of these drugs' effects can be offered in terms of changes in emotional reactivity, in general activity, and in exploratory activity. A dissociation of drug effects on general and exploratory activity in the novelty preference test was demonstrated. The use of this test and the open field test in drug screening is briefly discussed.
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Psychosocial factors such as work characteristics, life events, social support, and personality were examined as predictors of the change in medically certified sickness absence observed during a period of severe economic decline.... more
Psychosocial factors such as work characteristics, life events, social support, and personality were examined as predictors of the change in medically certified sickness absence observed during a period of severe economic decline. Longitudinal data, derived from self-reports and register-based information relating to 763 local government employees, were collected at 3 points during a 5-year period: before the economic decline, during the nadir of that decline, and immediately after the nadir. After the effects of prior absence and demographic and lifestyle variables had been partialed out, the results of multiple Poisson regression analyses showed that work characteristics play a major role in forthcoming sickness absences. Negative life events and the personality trait sense of coherence (in women) also predicted forthcoming absence rate. Social support did not relate to absences either in men or in women.
Research Interests: Marketing, Psychology, Applied Psychology, Employment, Finland, and 15 moreHumans, Business and Management, Psychological, Applied, Female, Local governance, Male, Poisson regression, Longitudinal Studies, Adult, Longitudinal data, Poisson Distribution, Life Change Events, LIFE EVENT, and Personality Trait
This article examines individuals' implicit theory of perceived control. Three studies are reported (N's = 77, 87, 45). The results demonstrate that individuals' implicit theory of perceived control is based on two orthogonal... more
This article examines individuals' implicit theory of perceived control. Three studies are reported (N's = 77, 87, 45). The results demonstrate that individuals' implicit theory of perceived control is based on two orthogonal dimensions (stability-instability and contingency). The similarities between this model and the work of others (e.g., Bandura, 1977 ) are made, and a common conceptual framework is identified. Finally, the notion of mediated control is developed and explored.
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Research Interests: Psychology, Research Design, Prediction, Evaluation, Stress, and 14 moreStress Management, Risk Management, Psychological Well Being, Strategy, Business and Management, Descriptive Statistics, Intervention, Social Environment, Empirical Study, Exposure, Operation, Study design, Process Evaluation, and Control Group
... Division of Applied Psycho-logy, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, and Department of Psychology, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Helsinki, Finland; Jussi Vahtera, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Turku, Finland;... more
... Division of Applied Psycho-logy, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, and Department of Psychology, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Helsinki, Finland; Jussi Vahtera, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Turku, Finland; Louise Thomson, Amanda Griffiths and Tom Cox ...