Assessing psychosocial elements of crowds during hajj: scale construction and content validation

Effective and safe management of large crowds during Hajj are vital as the statistics of pilgrims or hujjaj are reaching four million per season in the coming years. Capturing the underlying psychological and social factors affecting this crowd type before the Hajj season could yield efficient safe...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Shuib, Mohd Arif, Abdul Rahman, Shukran, Mohd Mahudin, Nor Diana
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	2013
Subjects:	BF176 Psychological tests and testing BF636 Applied psychology
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/32017/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/32017/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/32017/1/Hajj_Seminar_2013_Development_and_Content_Validation_of_Hajj_Crowd_Behavior_Scale.pdf

id	iium-32017
recordtype	eprints
spelling	iium-320172013-09-27T08:33:42Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/32017/ Assessing psychosocial elements of crowds during hajj: scale construction and content validation Shuib, Mohd Arif Abdul Rahman, Shukran Mohd Mahudin, Nor Diana BF176 Psychological tests and testing BF636 Applied psychology Effective and safe management of large crowds during Hajj are vital as the statistics of pilgrims or hujjaj are reaching four million per season in the coming years. Capturing the underlying psychological and social factors affecting this crowd type before the Hajj season could yield efficient safety practices, evacuation simulations, and injury preventions. The current study aims at addressing the gap in the literature in terms of assessing psychosocial elements of crowds during Hajj. A new measuring instrument, which includes 104 self-rating questions divided into three sub-scales, is proposed. Using a pool of items accumulated from the statements of pilgrims during an Umrah season, the preliminary internal reliability of the scale will be established. Content validity ratio will be calculated by a group of subject matter experts and used to demonstrate the instrument's content validity. A series of item analysis and item revision procedures will also be conducted to increase the instrument’s psychometric properties. It is hoped that the development of this scale will offer important insight on effective and safe simulation of crowds during Hajj. Some possible implications of this new instrument are discussed in relation to test administrations, crowd dynamics, and overall Hajj management. 2013-08-28 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/32017/1/Hajj_Seminar_2013_Development_and_Content_Validation_of_Hajj_Crowd_Behavior_Scale.pdf Shuib, Mohd Arif and Abdul Rahman, Shukran and Mohd Mahudin, Nor Diana (2013) Assessing psychosocial elements of crowds during hajj: scale construction and content validation. In: 5th National Seminar on Crowd & Health Issues During Hajj, 27th & 28th August 2013, Equatorial Hotel, Penang. (Unpublished) http://infohajj.usm.my/
repository_type	Digital Repository
institution_category	Local University
institution	International Islamic University Malaysia
building	IIUM Repository
collection	Online Access
language	English
topic	BF176 Psychological tests and testing BF636 Applied psychology
spellingShingle	BF176 Psychological tests and testing BF636 Applied psychology Shuib, Mohd Arif Abdul Rahman, Shukran Mohd Mahudin, Nor Diana Assessing psychosocial elements of crowds during hajj: scale construction and content validation
description	Effective and safe management of large crowds during Hajj are vital as the statistics of pilgrims or hujjaj are reaching four million per season in the coming years. Capturing the underlying psychological and social factors affecting this crowd type before the Hajj season could yield efficient safety practices, evacuation simulations, and injury preventions. The current study aims at addressing the gap in the literature in terms of assessing psychosocial elements of crowds during Hajj. A new measuring instrument, which includes 104 self-rating questions divided into three sub-scales, is proposed. Using a pool of items accumulated from the statements of pilgrims during an Umrah season, the preliminary internal reliability of the scale will be established. Content validity ratio will be calculated by a group of subject matter experts and used to demonstrate the instrument's content validity. A series of item analysis and item revision procedures will also be conducted to increase the instrument’s psychometric properties. It is hoped that the development of this scale will offer important insight on effective and safe simulation of crowds during Hajj. Some possible implications of this new instrument are discussed in relation to test administrations, crowd dynamics, and overall Hajj management.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Shuib, Mohd Arif Abdul Rahman, Shukran Mohd Mahudin, Nor Diana
author_facet	Shuib, Mohd Arif Abdul Rahman, Shukran Mohd Mahudin, Nor Diana
author_sort	Shuib, Mohd Arif
title	Assessing psychosocial elements of crowds during hajj: scale construction and content validation
title_short	Assessing psychosocial elements of crowds during hajj: scale construction and content validation
title_full	Assessing psychosocial elements of crowds during hajj: scale construction and content validation
title_fullStr	Assessing psychosocial elements of crowds during hajj: scale construction and content validation
title_full_unstemmed	Assessing psychosocial elements of crowds during hajj: scale construction and content validation
title_sort	assessing psychosocial elements of crowds during hajj: scale construction and content validation
publishDate	2013
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/32017/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/32017/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/32017/1/Hajj_Seminar_2013_Development_and_Content_Validation_of_Hajj_Crowd_Behavior_Scale.pdf
first_indexed	2023-09-18T20:46:11Z
last_indexed	2023-09-18T20:46:11Z
_version_	1777409690873888768

Assessing psychosocial elements of crowds during hajj: scale construction and content validation

Similar Items