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Al-Bayati, A J; Chellappa, V (2025) Identifying desirable safety actions of upper management to foster higher levels of construction safety culture. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 151(7).
Al-Khiami, M I; Lindhard, S M; Wandahl, S (2025) Paradox in practice: Work-related musculoskeletal disorder prevalence and reporting among construction workers in Kuwait and Denmark. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 151(7).
Alshboul, O; Shehadeh, A; Tamimi, M (2025) Sustainability-focused pavement management under climate variability. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 151(7).
Bayona, A; Hallowell, M R; Bhandari, S; Moyen, N; Lien, A (2025) Impact of energy-based safety training on quality of prejob safety meetings and control of hazardous energy in construction: Multiple baseline experiment. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 151(7).
Cao, Q; Zou, X; Zhang, L (2025) A flexible scheduling framework for repetitive construction projects based on constraint programming. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 151(7).
Chan, I Y S; Ma, P; Ho, T Y K (2025) Impacts of relational and formal governance on information sharing and project management performance in collaborative contracts: A mixed-method approach. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 151(7).
Chen, H; Dong, Z; Chan, I Y S (2025) Biometric evaluation and immersive construction environments: A research overview of the current landscape, challenges, and future prospects. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 151(7).
Ghalenoei, N; Babaeian Jelodar, M; Paes, D; Sutrisna, M; Rahmani, D (2025) Offsite construction and BIM integration framework across project life cycle. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 151(7).
Hua, X; Zhang, S; Shi, X; Zhang, Y (2025) Differences in risk analysis between workers and managers: Study from the perspective of neuroscience. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 151(7).
Jezzini, Y; Assaad, R H; El-Adaway, I H (2025) Modeling framework to quantify and gauge project cost risks due to construction material price volatilities using predictive probabilistic deep-learning algorithms and stochastic risk modeling. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 151(7).
Li, C Z; Gao, T; Chen, Z; Wu, H; Deng, Y; Tam, V W Y; Le, K N (2025) Exploring the power of laser scanning technology toward smart construction: Status quo, challenges, and future directions. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 151(7).
Li, L; Cheng, M; Tu, K; Ding, R; Zhang, J; Xu, B (2025) Human-machine interface based on constraint velocity polytope for safe and efficient operation of large-size hydraulic manipulator. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 151(7).
Ma, Q; Cheung, S O (2025) Augmenting the incentivizing power of target cost contracting in integrated project delivery. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 151(7).
Moussa, A; Ezzeldin, M; El-Dakhakhni, W (2025) Data-driven assessment of complexity-induced risks in infrastructure projects. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 151(7).
Peng, L; Man, S S; Chung, H T; Chan, A H S; Zhang, Z (2025) Prospective workers' perceptions of crane operation risks: Using a pairwise comparison. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 151(7).
Poudel, O; Assaad, R H (2025) A real-time intelligent acoustic IoT-enabled embedded construction site monitoring and alert system: Integrating deep learning-based machine-listening algorithms, edge computing, and cloud computing. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 151(7).
Rasheed, U; Ordaz, C; Xu, X; Hu, Y; Li, S; Sutton, T; Cai, J (2025) Understanding the impact of teleoperation technology on the construction industry: Adoption dynamics, workforce perception, and the role of broader workforce participation. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 151(7).
Xue, H; Li Teh, K K; Ling, F Y Y (2025) Effects of crisis management leadership, perceived self-efficacy, and job performance on facility management professionals' job satisfaction in a crisis. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 151(7).
Yan, L; Wang, Y; Ning, Y (2025) Configuring governance mechanisms to improve the engineering consulting project performance. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 151(7).
Young, T; Hunter, J A; Bentley, S V; Millear, P; Alexander Haslam, S; Haslam, C (2025) A social identity intervention to improve mental health in construction workers. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 151(7).
- Type: Journal Article
- Keywords: connections for work and health; construction work; depression; distress; mental health; social connection; social identity; wellbeing
- ISBN/ISSN: 0733-9364
- URL: https://doi.org/10.1061/JCEMD4.COENG-15283
- Abstract:
Psychological distress is a key challenge in the construction industry and suicide rates in the sector are 12 times higher than deaths from workplace accidents. Yet, few evidence-based interventions have been developed to improve construction workers' mental health - and none focus on the key issue of social group connection. To address this gap, this paper introduces and evaluates a new prevention-based wellbeing training program developed specifically for construction workers - Connections for Work and Health (CWH). The program is informed by a social identity approach to health that focuses on the importance of social group connectedness for mental health and wellbeing within at-risk groups. The feasibility of CWH among Australian construction workers (N=69) was evaluated in a quasi-experimental study that included a waitlist control and assessment at three timepoints (preintervention, postintervention, and follow-up). This included evaluation of (1) perceptions of program impact, (2) effects on mental health (psychological distress and life satisfaction), and (3) effects on social group outcomes (social support, multiple group membership). Participant feedback indicated positive perceptions of the intervention including increased knowledge and improved social connections. Efficacy results indicate that CWH participants reported marginally significant reductions in distress relative to the waitlist control group. There were also significant increases in life satisfaction in the experimental group but no significant changes in social support and multiple group membership. Overall, results provide preliminary evidence that CWH - and broader efforts to encourage social group connection - have the capacity to reduce the negative mental health consequences of social isolation and loneliness in the construction sector, although further testing with larger and diverse samples is required.
Zhang, P; Sing, M C P; Guo, S; Chan, I Y S; Fung, I W H (2025) Causal factors of near misses and accidents in urban railway construction: A complex network approach. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 151(7).
Zu, F; Zhang, X (2025) Integrating a DfMA guideline matrix to facilitate value engineering workshops for construction projects. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 151(7).