Social identification moderates the effect of crowd density on safety at the Hajj

Alnabulsi, Hani; Drury, John

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“…Interestingly, these studies have shown that negative environmental conditions, like over-crowding (Alnabulsi & Drury, 2014;Novelli, Drury, Reicher, & Stott, 2013), loud noise (Shankar, Stevenson, Pandey, Tewari, Hopkins & Reicher, 2013), and severe cold (Pandey, Stevenson, Shankar, Hopkins, & Reicher, 2014), can all become positive and enhancing experiences when the environments in which these conditions are encountered embody a sense of shared identity with others. Illustrative of this, Shankar and colleagues (2013) found that levels of noise that met objective definitions of intrusiveness were appraised as more pleasant, interesting, and less uncomfortable, and were listened to longer, by religious pilgrims when they believed that this noise originated from other pilgrims rather than from secular sources.…”

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Seeing our self reflected in the world around us: The role of identity in making (natural) environments restorative

Morton

Bles

Haslam

2017

Journal of Environmental Psychology

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Please cite this article as: Morton, T.A., van der Bles, A.M., Haslam, S.A., Seeing our self reflected in the world around us: The role of identity in making (natural) environments restorative, Journal of Environmental Psychology (2016Psychology ( ), doi: 10.1016Psychology ( /j.jenvp.2016 This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain.

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“…IDENTITY AND RESTORATIVE ENVIRONMENTS 34 unpleasant environments are experienced as subjectively uplifting sources of meaning and inspiration (Alnabulsi & Drury, 2014;Novelli et al, 2013;Pandey, et al, 2014;Shankar, et al, 2013).…”

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Seeing our self reflected in the world around us: The role of identity in making (natural) environments restorative

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Bles

Haslam

2017

Journal of Environmental Psychology

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“…In 2012, official statistics places Mina pilgrims at an outstanding over 3 million people [8]. Due to the sacred nature of human life, safety and psychological health of pilgrims is of utmost priority for authorities during the Hajj rituals [8]. The personal factors impact (control, expectation, mood and sociability) presents a pivotal influence on perception of crowding which dictates the significance of this study.…”

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“…Sequel to this situation, a stimulation of an emotion mostly negative is produced and finally a response to the crowd situation [7]. In 2012, official statistics places Mina pilgrims at an outstanding over 3 million people [8]. Due to the sacred nature of human life, safety and psychological health of pilgrims is of utmost priority for authorities during the Hajj rituals [8].…”

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Structural equation modelling assessment of personal and social factors on hajj crowding among african pilgrims in Mina

Alsolami¹,

Embi²,

Enegbuma³

2018

IJET

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African pilgrimage to the Mecca date back to the early years of Islam through the Sahara desert. The perception of this group of pilgrims as they embark on the sacred Mina prayer rituals directly translates to how they perceived crowding in Mina. Hajj rituals are carried out at Mina for a minimum of three days. The optimum provision and continuous improvements of the facilities for pilgrims determines how this group reacts to the crowded environment which invariably affects their psychology. This paper assesses the impacts of personal factors (control, expectation, mood and sociability) and social factors (interpersonal similarity, provision of information and activities) on crowding levels perception among pilgrim groups from African origins. A self-administered survey instrument was used in the collection of data from the African origin Hajj group totaling 156 in number. Data analysis was carried out utilizing SPSS on the descriptive data and AMOS for multivariate Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). The survey instruments internal consistency, sample adequacy KaiserMeyer-Olkin measure and exploratory factor analysis (EFA) found that the validity was within acceptable thresholds. The pilgrim groups from African origins measurement model revealed that sociability and interpersonal similarity had the highest correlation while level of perceived crowing and activities had the lowest correlation. Furthermore, for personal factors, sociability had the highest inverse impact and for social factors, interpersonal similarity. The authorities formulating policies to managing crowd levels and perception will invariably be affected by adapting these research findings to improve the Hajj experience. Subsequently, assessing several other factors, which effect Hajj pilgrims such as physical factors, provides an avenue for future research.

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“…This approach has been used to understand numerous instances of collective behaviour, PARSIMONY VERSUS REDUCTIONISM 5 including behaviour at riots, protests, religious ceremonies, and music festivals (Abrams & Hogg, 1990;Alnabulsi & Drury, 2014;Drury, Cocking, Reicher, Burton, et al, 2009;Neville & Reicher, 2011;Novelli, Drury, & Reicher, 2010;Reicher, 1984Reicher, , 1996. These debates in social psychology are important for the computer simulation of crowds because understanding them may avert relying upon out-dated theories or the use of concepts that are not suitable explanations for particular types of crowds.…”

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Parsimony versus Reductionism: How Can Crowd Psychology be Introduced into Computer Simulation?

Seitz

Templeton

Drury³

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Review of General Psychology

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(2016) Parsimony versus reductionism: how can crowd psychology be introduced into computer simulation? Review of General Psychology, 21 (1). pp. 95-102. ISSN 108995-102. ISSN -2680 This version is available from Sussex Research Online: http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/66196/ This document is made available in accordance with publisher policies and may differ from the published version or from the version of record. If you wish to cite this item you are advised to consult the publisher's version. Please see the URL above for details on accessing the published version. Copyright and reuse:Sussex Research Online is a digital repository of the research output of the University.Copyright and all moral rights to the version of the paper presented here belong to the individual author(s) and/or other copyright owners. To the extent reasonable and practicable, the material made available in SRO has been checked for eligibility before being made available.Copies of full text items generally can be reproduced, displayed or performed and given to third parties in any format or medium for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-profit purposes without prior permission or charge, provided that the authors, title and full bibliographic details are credited, a hyperlink and/or URL is given for the original metadata page and the content is not changed in any way. However, the models used are mainly based on video observations, not an understanding of human decision making. Theories of crowd psychology can elucidate the factors underpinning collective behaviour in human crowds. Yet, in contrast to psychology, computer science must rely upon mathematical formulations in order to implement algorithms and keep models manageable. Here we address the problems and possible solutions encountered when incorporating social psychological theories of collective behaviour in computer modelling. We identify that one primary issue is retaining parsimony in a model whilst avoiding reductionism by excluding necessary aspects of crowd psychology, such as the behaviour of groups. We propose cognitive heuristics as a potential avenue to create a parsimonious model that incorporates core concepts of collective behaviour derived from empirical research in crowd psychology.

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Social identification moderates the effect of crowd density on safety at the Hajj

Cited by 135 publications

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Seeing our self reflected in the world around us: The role of identity in making (natural) environments restorative

Seeing our self reflected in the world around us: The role of identity in making (natural) environments restorative

Structural equation modelling assessment of personal and social factors on hajj crowding among african pilgrims in Mina

Parsimony versus Reductionism: How Can Crowd Psychology be Introduced into Computer Simulation?

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