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Nembhard, I. M., & Edmondson, A. C. (2011). Psychological Safety: A Foundation for Speaking up, Collaboration, and Experimentation in Organisation. In G. M. Spreitzer, & K. S. Cameron (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Positive Organizational Scholarship (pp. 491-504). Oxford University Press.
https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199734610.013.0037

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• TITLE: Assessing Psychological Safety: Correlates of a New Scale

  AUTHORS: Adrian Furnham, George Horne, Jessica Ross, Amanda Potter

  KEYWORDS: Attachment, Psychological Safety, Mutual Trust, Support

  JOURNAL NAME: Psychology, Vol.16 No.11, November 5, 2025

  ABSTRACT: This paper examines correlates of a new short measure of Psychological Safety (PS). In all, 408 adults completed a new and an existing five-factor Psychological Safety measure, as well as measures of the Big Five, Work Attachment, Self-compassion, and an IQ test. The two Psychological Safety measures were closely related providing concurrent validity. Correlation analyses and regressions indicated that the three Work Attachment factors (Secure, Avoidant, Anxious) were most closely related to Psychological Safety. Gender, personality (Extraversion, Openness) and intelligence were the most significant factors in the regression onto the total score. Regression onto the five factors indicated the importance of Secure Attachment (positively) and Anxious Attachment (negatively). Implications for the definition and measurement of Psychological Safety are considered. Limitations of the study are noted.