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Social identity and health at mass gatherings
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dc.contributor.author | Hopkins, Nick | |
dc.contributor.author | Reicher, Stephen David | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-09-27T23:44:32Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-09-27T23:44:32Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017-12 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Hopkins , N & Reicher , S D 2017 , ' Social identity and health at mass gatherings ' , European Journal of Social Psychology , vol. 47 , no. 7 , pp. 867-877 . https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2288 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 0046-2772 | |
dc.identifier.other | PURE: 248219362 | |
dc.identifier.other | PURE UUID: b0da3ce6-d77d-4be6-895a-70e2fbcca2f3 | |
dc.identifier.other | Scopus: 85030642817 | |
dc.identifier.other | WOS: 000423258000007 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/16094 | |
dc.description | The Prayag Magh Mela research was funded by the ESRC (UK) research grant ‘Collective participation and social identification: A study of the individual, interpersonal and collective dimensions of attendance at the Magh Mela’ (RES-062-23-1449). | en |
dc.description.abstract | Identifying with a group can bring benefits to physical and psychological health. These benefits can be found with both small-scale and large-scale social groups. However, groups can also be associated with health risks: a distinct branch of medicine (‘Mass Gathering Medicine’) has evolved to address the health risks posed by participating in events characterized by large crowds. We argue that emphasizing either the positive or the negative health consequences of group life is one-sided: both positive and negative effects on health can occur (simultaneously). Moreover, both such effects can have their roots in the same social psychological transformations associated with a group-based social identification. Reviewing evidence from across a range of mass gatherings, we offer a conceptual analysis of such mixed effects. Our account shows i., how social identity analyses can enrich mass gatherings medicine, and ii., how social identity analyses of health can be enriched by examining mass gatherings. | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | European Journal of Social Psychology | en |
dc.rights | Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. This work has been made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the author created, accepted version manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2288 | en |
dc.subject | Mass gathering medicine | en |
dc.subject | Pilgrimage | en |
dc.subject | Social identity | en |
dc.subject | Health | en |
dc.subject | Social cure | en |
dc.subject | BF Psychology | en |
dc.subject | T-NDAS | en |
dc.subject | SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being | en |
dc.subject.lcc | BF | en |
dc.title | Social identity and health at mass gatherings | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.contributor.sponsor | Economic & Social Research Council | en |
dc.description.version | Postprint | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. School of Psychology and Neuroscience | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. St Andrews Sustainability Institute | en |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2288 | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
dc.date.embargoedUntil | 2018-09-28 | |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | RES-062-23-1449 | en |
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