Analysis on chain intermediary mechanism of mindfulness's influence on safety performance

Abstract

In order to prevent unsafe behaviors of miners and improve safety performance of coal mining enterprisesꎬ mechanism and boundary conditions of mindfulness on safety performance were actively explored. A questionnaire survey and data analysis were conducted for 1 125 miners in Liaoningꎬ Inner Mongolia and Shaanxi by using follow ̄up survey methodꎬ and a hypothetical model was verified. The results show that mindfulness is significantly positively correlated with safety performance and self ̄control while it is significantly negatively correlated with mind wandering. Self ̄control is significantly positively correlated with safety performanceꎬbut significantly negatively correlated with mind wanderingꎬ and there is a significant negative correlation between mind wandering and safety performance. Self ̄control plays an intermediary role between mindfulness and safety performanceꎬ mind wandering plays an intermediary role between mindfulness and safety performanceꎬ and they together play a chain ̄mediated role between mindfulness and safety performance. That isꎬ miners with a high level of mindfulness can improve self ̄control abilityꎬ thereby reducing frequency of mental wandering and ultimately improving their safety performance.