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Normalization of Deviance (Risk): How Socially Accepted Drift Can Impact Your Diving

by: Published on: 12/03/2025

Discover how normalization of deviance affects diver safety when perceived “rules” shift over time. Learn how clear SOPs, effective briefs, and thorough debriefs maintain safe standards. Develop awareness, challenge unsafe norms, and foster a culture of psychological safety in diving.

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Normalization of Deviance (Risk): How Socially Accepted Drift Can Impact Your Diving

Normalizacja dewiacji: Nie chodzi o łamanie zasad

by: Andrzej GornickiPublished on: 13/12/2022

Jak dochodzi do normalizacji dewiacji w nurkowaniu. JAk erocja bezpieczeństwa pogłębia się w miarę optymalizacji, Czy może,y trmu przeciwdziałć a jeśli takto jak?

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They broke the rules! So...?

by: Published on: 15/07/2022

Just because someone has broken the rules, it doesn't mean they were 'wrong'. Especially in a discretionary, social activity like diving.

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Being a deviant is normal...

by: Published on: 17/07/2016

A discussion on Normalisation of Deviance in the context of diving and includes a short video extracted from a conference presentation on the role of Human Factors in Diving

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