A5076845529- Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Crime Patterns and Interventions
- Evacuation and Crowd Dynamics
- Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Policing Practices and Perceptions
- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Psychology of Social Influence
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Child and Adolescent Health
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Electoral Systems and Political Participation
- Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
- Risk Perception and Management
- Research in Social Sciences
- Media Influence and Health
- Misinformation and Its Impacts
- Sports, Gender, and Society
- COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
- Obesity and Health Practices
- Emotions and Moral Behavior
- Sport and Mega-Event Impacts
- Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
University of St Andrews
2015-2024
KU Leuven
2019
Sustained mass behaviour change is needed to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic, but many of required changes run contrary existing social norms (e.g., physical closeness with in-group members). This paper explains how and identities are critical explaining changing public behaviour. Recommendations presented for harness these processes maximise adherence health guidance. Specifically, we recommend that messages clearly define who target group is, framed as identity-affirming rather than...
This paper presents three studies that explore the experience of participating in crowd events. Analysis semi-structured interviews with football supporters and student demonstrators is used to illustrate role shared identity plays transforming within-crowd social relations (relatedness), positive impact this has upon emotionality collective experience. Questionnaire data collected at a music festival are then confirm these claims. The argues for conceptual distinction between...
We present the first experimental evidence to our knowledge that ingroup relations attenuate core disgust and this helps explain ability of groups coact. In study 1, 45 student participants smelled a sweaty t-shirt bearing logo another university, with either their identity (ingroup condition), specific university (outgroup or personal (interpersonal condition) made salient. Self-reported was lower in condition than other conditions, mediated relationship between willingness interact target....
Abstract The question of how normative form changes during a riot, and thus collective behaviour spreads to different targets locations, has been neglected in previous research, despite its theoretical practical importance. We begin address this limitation through detailed analysis the rioting London borough Haringey 2011. A triangulated multiple sources data (including police reports, media accounts, videos) finds pattern shifting from attacks on looting. thematic 41 interview accounts with...
Abstract Previous research has shown that riots spread across multiple locations, but not explained underlying psychological processes. We examined rioting in three locations during the August 2011 disorders England to test a social identity model of riot diffusion. triangulated sources construct narrative events; and we analysed interviews with 68 participants examine experiences. In line model, found evidence for two pathways influence: “cognitive” “strategic”. For some participants,...
Abstract The Bethnal Green tube shelter disaster, in which 173 people died, is a significant event both history and psychology. While notions of ‘panic’ ‘stampede’ have been discredited contemporary psychology disaster research as explanations for crowd crushes, has put forward the exception that proves rule. Alternative crushing disasters focus on mismanagement physical factors, lack We analysed 85 witness statements from tragedy to develop new psychological account disasters. Contrary...
This article presents a glossary of terms that are frequently used in research on human crowds. topic is inherently multidisciplinary as it includes work and across computer science, engineering, mathematics, physics, psychology social for example. We do not view the presented here collection finalised formal definitions. Instead, we suggest snapshot current views starting point an ongoing process hope will be useful providing some guidance use terminology to develop mutual understanding...
In this paper we present three studies that address the difference between physical and psychological groups, conditions create a transformation from one into other, processes underlying transformation. Study 1 demonstrate correlations shared social identity, desired proximity to others, positive emotions in company of others. 2, employing between-subjects design, finds an event creates fate, such as breakdown train, leads greater comfort interactions (e.g., ease conversation) sensual...
Bullying victimization among schoolchildren is a major public health concern. This paper aims to analyse the changing associations over two decades between bullying and mental well-being in representative Scottish sample.Data were collected six rounds of cross-sectional Health Behaviour School-aged Children study Scotland, with 42,312 adolescents (aged 11, 13 15 years). Logistic linear regressions used examine changes association well-being.The prevalence rates Scotland increased 1994 2014...
Shopping behaviour in response to extreme events is often characterized as “panic buying” which connotes irrationality and loss of control. However, has been criticized for attributing shopping people’s alleged psychological frailty while ignoring other structural factors that might be at play. We report a qualitative exploration the experiences understandings members public onset COVID-19 pandemic. Through thematic analysis semi-structured interviews with 23 participants, we developed three...
Abstract On January 6th, 2021, Donald Trump's speech during a ‘Save America’ rally was followed by mass violence, with supporters storming the U.S. Capitol to prevent certification of Joe Biden's victory in presidential election. In its wake, there great deal debate around whether contained direct instructions for subsequent violence. this paper, we use social identity perspective on leadership (and more specifically, toxic leadership) analyse and see how overall argument relates We show...
Objective The Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP) program originated the US and adopts a bystander approach to gender-based violence prevention by harnessing group processes using peerlearning model.This paper presents first qualitative evaluation, within European context, of pilot application MVP Scottish High School setting.Method evaluation comprises series interviews focus groups with school staff, pupils ('mentors' 'mentees') at three participating schools.The study's research purposes...
This paper reports on qualitative insights generated from 46 semi-structured interviews with adults ranging in age 18 to 70. It focuses an online social behaviour, ‘fraping’, which involves the unauthorised alteration of content a person’s networking site (SNS) profile by third party. Our exploratory research elucidates what constitutes frape, who is involved it, and norms surrounding activity are. We provide into how frape contributes sociality co-construction identity, identify...
Youth violence poses a significant public health issue due to its antecedents (e.g.health inequalities, mental issues, alcohol misuse) and consequences (i.e.physical psychological morbidity, mortality).While desistance have traditionally been the purview of criminal justice system, importance preventative approach has increasingly acknowledged.The employs scientific methods, seeks intervene at multiple levels (primary, secondary tertiary), advocates for involvement multidisciplinary...
Objective To examine the impact of continuous transdermal alcohol monitoring upon consumption in male students at a Scottish university. Method Using within-subject mixed-methods design, 60 university were randomly allocated into three experimental conditions using AUDIT score stratified sampling. Participants Conditions A and B asked not to consume for 14-day period, with those Condition additionally being required wear anklet. C participants wore an anklet continue consuming as normal....
This paper explores trends in Scottish adolescents' body size perceptions and associated mental well-being outcomes.Data were collected on 11-, 13-, 15-year-olds by the Health Behaviour School-aged Children study between 1990 2014 (n = 42,312). Logistic regression was used to examine changes prevalence of over- underweight perceptions. Ordinal linear regressions association perception well-being.Little change observed or However, relative those perceiving their as 'about right', themselves...
In August 2011, over four days, rioting spread across several cities in England. Previous accounts of these riots have indicated the roles police racism, class disadvantage, and spatial affordance. However, what remains unclear is how structural factors interacted with crowd processes spatially time to govern precise patterns spread. The present paper provides a micro-historical analysis sequences collective behaviour as 2011 North London, drawing upon multiple data-sets (archive, interview,...
Introduction Do we always do what others do, and, if not, when and under conditions so? In this paper test the hypothesis that mimicry is moderated by mere knowledge of whether source a member same social category as ourselves. Methods We investigated group influence on using three tasks software platform which interfaces with mobile computing devices to allow controlled study collective behaviour in an everyday environment. Results Overall, participants (N = 965) were influenced movements...
Abstract Drawing on the ‘engaged followership’ reinterpretation of Milgram's work obedience, four studies (three pre‐registered) examine extent to which people's willingness follow an experimenter's instructions is dependent perceived prototypicality science they are supposedly advancing. In Studies 1, 2 and 3, participants took part in a study that was described as advancing either ‘hard’ (prototypical) (i.e., neuroscience) or ‘soft’ (non‐prototypical) social science) before completing...
Media reports have suggested that the number of domestic violence may increase when Scotland’s two largest, Glasgow-based football (soccer) clubs, Rangers and Celtic (traditionally referred to as “Old Firm”) play one another. This study considers (violence) incidents reported Strathclyde Police between 2008 2011 in 24 hours following these matches, compares it with during appropriate comparator periods. There is a statistically significant Old Firm matches compared preliminary analysis...