Psychological and physiological adaptation to crowd density: a study of Malaysian males

The evidence from the literature is mixed regarding the cultural differences in human adaptation to crowds. While some studies show that members from collectivistic culture experience adverse effects of crowd density, others show that this is not the case. The extent to which culture affect human’s...

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Main Author:	Mohd Mahudin, Nor Diana
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English English
Published:	2013
Subjects:	BF180 Experimental psychology BF636 Applied psychology
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spelling	iium-320162014-02-18T07:47:54Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/32016/ Psychological and physiological adaptation to crowd density: a study of Malaysian males Mohd Mahudin, Nor Diana BF180 Experimental psychology BF636 Applied psychology The evidence from the literature is mixed regarding the cultural differences in human adaptation to crowds. While some studies show that members from collectivistic culture experience adverse effects of crowd density, others show that this is not the case. The extent to which culture affect human’s psychological and physiological states, therefore, remains controversial. The primary aim of this study was to investigate the reactions and adaptations of Malaysian males to short-term exposure to crowded situations. Being a collectivist culture, it is anticipated that the participants’ reactions as well as psychological and physiological adaptations to crowds would be consistent with that of collectivist cultural orientation. One Malay male participant had physiological (i.e., skin temperature, heart rate, and human thermal) responses recorded while surrounded by another 9 Malay male participants in a space 1.5m wide by 1.0m long (i.e., density approximation of 0.12m2) inside a climatic chamber, representing a jammed-pressed crowd. Subjective and behavioural measures of crowdedness and warmth sensation were recorded using questionnaires. The results show that an exposure to a high crowd density resulted in hotter body temperature than in steady state, with the chest as the warmest part, followed by thigh, calf, and upper arm. These physiological adaptations to crowdedness are further supported by participants’ psychological responses. It was also observed that the participants employed several cognitive and behavioural coping strategies to tolerate the strain induced by the crowd density. Findings are discussed in relation to the implications for the understanding of crowd behaviours among Malaysians, particularly during the Hajj season. 2013-08-27 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/32016/1/Hajj_Seminar_2013_Psychological_and_Physiological_Adaptation_to_Crowd_Density_A_Study_of_Malaysian_Males.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/32016/2/Infohajj_LETTER_OF_ACCEPTANCE_DR_NOR_DIANA_MOHD_MAHUDIN.pdf Mohd Mahudin, Nor Diana (2013) Psychological and physiological adaptation to crowd density: a study of Malaysian males. In: 5th National Seminar on Crowd & Health Issues During Hajj., 27th & 28th August 2013, Equatorial Hotel, Penang. (Unpublished) http://infohajj.usm.my/
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description	The evidence from the literature is mixed regarding the cultural differences in human adaptation to crowds. While some studies show that members from collectivistic culture experience adverse effects of crowd density, others show that this is not the case. The extent to which culture affect human’s psychological and physiological states, therefore, remains controversial. The primary aim of this study was to investigate the reactions and adaptations of Malaysian males to short-term exposure to crowded situations. Being a collectivist culture, it is anticipated that the participants’ reactions as well as psychological and physiological adaptations to crowds would be consistent with that of collectivist cultural orientation. One Malay male participant had physiological (i.e., skin temperature, heart rate, and human thermal) responses recorded while surrounded by another 9 Malay male participants in a space 1.5m wide by 1.0m long (i.e., density approximation of 0.12m2) inside a climatic chamber, representing a jammed-pressed crowd. Subjective and behavioural measures of crowdedness and warmth sensation were recorded using questionnaires. The results show that an exposure to a high crowd density resulted in hotter body temperature than in steady state, with the chest as the warmest part, followed by thigh, calf, and upper arm. These physiological adaptations to crowdedness are further supported by participants’ psychological responses. It was also observed that the participants employed several cognitive and behavioural coping strategies to tolerate the strain induced by the crowd density. Findings are discussed in relation to the implications for the understanding of crowd behaviours among Malaysians, particularly during the Hajj season.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Mohd Mahudin, Nor Diana
author_facet	Mohd Mahudin, Nor Diana
author_sort	Mohd Mahudin, Nor Diana
title	Psychological and physiological adaptation to crowd density: a study of Malaysian males
title_short	Psychological and physiological adaptation to crowd density: a study of Malaysian males
title_full	Psychological and physiological adaptation to crowd density: a study of Malaysian males
title_fullStr	Psychological and physiological adaptation to crowd density: a study of Malaysian males
title_full_unstemmed	Psychological and physiological adaptation to crowd density: a study of Malaysian males
title_sort	psychological and physiological adaptation to crowd density: a study of malaysian males
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Psychological and physiological adaptation to crowd density: a study of Malaysian males

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