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Towards a psychosocial model of crowd behaviour

Among people who moved in large-scale gatherings of crowds, there are increased risks of injury and mortality from crushing, asphyxiation, and the spread of communicable diseases. The most compelling data come from the many incidents of human stampedes and disasters during sports events, music festi...

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Main Authors: Mohd Mahudin, Nor Diana, Abdul Rahman, Shukran, Ahmad Hatta, Zulkarnain, Abdul Ghani, Noraida, Sulong, Jasni, Mohd Hashim, Intan Hashimah, Md Saad, Zarina
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Language:English
Published: 2016
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spelling my.iium.irep.813252020-10-20T00:57:47Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/81325/ Towards a psychosocial model of crowd behaviour Mohd Mahudin, Nor Diana Abdul Rahman, Shukran Ahmad Hatta, Zulkarnain Abdul Ghani, Noraida Sulong, Jasni Mohd Hashim, Intan Hashimah Md Saad, Zarina BF Psychology Among people who moved in large-scale gatherings of crowds, there are increased risks of injury and mortality from crushing, asphyxiation, and the spread of communicable diseases. The most compelling data come from the many incidents of human stampedes and disasters during sports events, music festivals, and religious gatherings. These incidents raise three important theoretical questions: (1) what are the possible components that make up “crowd behaviour”; (2) what are the different factors that affect how people behave in large crowds?; and, (3) how do these factors act and interact with crowd behaviour? Here, we proposed a conceptual model of psychosocial predictors of crowd behaviour, which attempts to address these questions by synthesising knowledge across several psychological, sociological, medical, computer science, and engineering literatures. This model maintains that crowd behaviour consists of three major dimensions: behaviour, affective, and cognitive; and these dimensions are influenced by nine corresponding factors: personality trait, familiarity of crowded situations, expectation of being crowded, leadership in the crowd, perception of crowd mood, types of the crowd, perception of lawlessness of the crowd, social atmosphere among the crowd, as well as the surrounding people's behaviours and emotions. This model offers an integrative framework for understanding the predictors and dimensions of crowd behaviour. The implications of this model are discussed in relation to research, practice, and policy. 2016-04-06 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/81325/1/81325_TOWARDS%20A%20PSYCHOSOCIAL%20MODEL%20OF%20CROWD_new.pdf Mohd Mahudin, Nor Diana and Abdul Rahman, Shukran and Ahmad Hatta, Zulkarnain and Abdul Ghani, Noraida and Sulong, Jasni and Mohd Hashim, Intan Hashimah and Md Saad, Zarina (2016) Towards a psychosocial model of crowd behaviour. In: Regional Conference on Hajj Best Practices 2016, 6 & 7 April 2016, Penang, Malaysia. (Unpublished)
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topic BF Psychology
spellingShingle BF Psychology
Mohd Mahudin, Nor Diana
Abdul Rahman, Shukran
Ahmad Hatta, Zulkarnain
Abdul Ghani, Noraida
Sulong, Jasni
Mohd Hashim, Intan Hashimah
Md Saad, Zarina
Towards a psychosocial model of crowd behaviour
description Among people who moved in large-scale gatherings of crowds, there are increased risks of injury and mortality from crushing, asphyxiation, and the spread of communicable diseases. The most compelling data come from the many incidents of human stampedes and disasters during sports events, music festivals, and religious gatherings. These incidents raise three important theoretical questions: (1) what are the possible components that make up “crowd behaviour”; (2) what are the different factors that affect how people behave in large crowds?; and, (3) how do these factors act and interact with crowd behaviour? Here, we proposed a conceptual model of psychosocial predictors of crowd behaviour, which attempts to address these questions by synthesising knowledge across several psychological, sociological, medical, computer science, and engineering literatures. This model maintains that crowd behaviour consists of three major dimensions: behaviour, affective, and cognitive; and these dimensions are influenced by nine corresponding factors: personality trait, familiarity of crowded situations, expectation of being crowded, leadership in the crowd, perception of crowd mood, types of the crowd, perception of lawlessness of the crowd, social atmosphere among the crowd, as well as the surrounding people's behaviours and emotions. This model offers an integrative framework for understanding the predictors and dimensions of crowd behaviour. The implications of this model are discussed in relation to research, practice, and policy.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Mohd Mahudin, Nor Diana
Abdul Rahman, Shukran
Ahmad Hatta, Zulkarnain
Abdul Ghani, Noraida
Sulong, Jasni
Mohd Hashim, Intan Hashimah
Md Saad, Zarina
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Abdul Rahman, Shukran
Ahmad Hatta, Zulkarnain
Abdul Ghani, Noraida
Sulong, Jasni
Mohd Hashim, Intan Hashimah
Md Saad, Zarina
author_sort Mohd Mahudin, Nor Diana
title Towards a psychosocial model of crowd behaviour
title_short Towards a psychosocial model of crowd behaviour
title_full Towards a psychosocial model of crowd behaviour
title_fullStr Towards a psychosocial model of crowd behaviour
title_full_unstemmed Towards a psychosocial model of crowd behaviour
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publishDate 2016
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/81325/1/81325_TOWARDS%20A%20PSYCHOSOCIAL%20MODEL%20OF%20CROWD_new.pdf
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