# Research on the Influence of Anxiety Psychology on Unsafe Behavior Among Construction Workers
###### Abstract  
Unsafe behaviors among construction workers constitute a primary cause of safety accidents, with unsafe psychological states often triggering such behaviors. Focusing on collective anxiety issues, this study introduces the standardized anxiety scale (SAS) into the construction domain to investigate the influence mechanism of anxiety psychology on construction workers' unsafe behaviors. A hypothesized model was established, incorporating organizational climate, safety competency, and job satisfaction as mediating variables, and demographic characteristics (gender, age, educational background, work experience, anxiety level) as moderating variables. Data collected from field surveys were analyzed using SPSS 22.0 and AMOS 24.0 for correlation analysis, variance analysis, and regression analysis, while structural equation modeling (SEM) was employed to validate the theoretical model and hypotheses. The results indicate that (1) anxiety psychology exhibits a significant positive correlation with unsafe behaviors; (2) organizational climate, safety competency, and job satisfaction mediate the transmission pathways between anxiety psychology and unsafe behaviors; (3) enhancing organizational climate, improving safety competency, and ensuring job satisfaction effectively reduce safety incident rates. Additionally, this study proposes preventive measures targeting anxiety psychology across three dimensions: external environmental controls, internal self-regulation, and direct anxiety intervention. These measures provide novel perspectives for effectively reducing the occurrence of unsafe behaviors among construction workers and advancing safety governance frameworks in the construction industry. os 2025 15 5735 1 originate from workers' unsafe behaviors [1], which are closely tied to psychological states--particularly anxiety psychology [2;3]. Recent years have witnessed escalating societal anxiety (including employment anxiety [4], health anxiety [5], etc. ), with construction workers being disproportionately vulnerable due to high-intensity labor, hazardous working conditions, and social isolation [6]. These stressors exacerbate anxiety, triggering unsafe acts and perpetuating a vicious cycle of risk amplification. Therefore, elucidating the mechanisms through which anxiety psychology influences unsafe behaviors holds urgent practical significance for enhancing safety management practices in the construction industry. In construction safety research, accident causation is generally attributed to the interplay of four factors--human, material, environmental, and managerial elements [7], with human factors being particularly emphasized. Scholars have extensively explored unsafe behaviors from a human-centric perspective, demonstrating that psychological processes critically determine their occurrence [8]. [PERSON], [PERSON] et al. [9] investigated unsafe psychology-behavior linkages among construction workers, confirming strong correlations between unsafe acts and psychological states. [PERSON], [PERSON] et al. [10] revealed that subjective social support (SSS) enhances workers' subjective well-being, mitigates paranoid tendencies, and improves safety awareness and emergency response capabilities, thereby reducing unsafe behaviors and injury risks. [PERSON], [PERSON] et al. [11], applying the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB), utilized structural equation modeling (SEM) to analyze how optimistic bias moderates ambivalence in deliberate unsafe behavior decision-making, identifying complacency and paralytic negligence as key drivers of safety incidents. [PERSON] et al. [12] investigated the impact of psychological capital (PsyCap) on construction workers' safety behaviors. Their research demonstrates that PsyCap enhances work engagement and promotes safety behaviors by cultivating positive psychological resources such as self-efficacy, hope, optimism, and resilience, thereby effectively reducing the likelihood of unsafe behaviors.