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Shared social identification in mass gatherings lowers health risk perceptions via lowered disgust
Previous research concerning mass gathering‐associated health risks has focused on physical factors while largely neglecting the role of psychological factors. The present research examined the effect of experiencing shared social identification on perceptions of susceptibility to health risks in ma...
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2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7586968/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31872907 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12362 |
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author | Hult Khazaie, Daniella Khan, Sammyh S. |
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description | Previous research concerning mass gathering‐associated health risks has focused on physical factors while largely neglecting the role of psychological factors. The present research examined the effect of experiencing shared social identification on perceptions of susceptibility to health risks in mass gatherings. Participants in Study 1 were asked to either recall a crowd in which they shared a social identity with other crowd members or a crowd in which they did not. Participants subsequently completed measures assessing shared social identity, disgust, and health risk perceptions. Study 2 involved administering the same measures as part of a survey to participants who had recently attended a music festival. The results from both studies indicated that sharing a social identity lowered health risk perceptions; this effect was indirect and mediated via disgust. This highlights the importance of considering social identity processes in the design of health communication aimed at reducing mass gathering‐associated health risks. |
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spelling | pubmed-75869682020-10-30 Shared social identification in mass gatherings lowers health risk perceptions via lowered disgust Hult Khazaie, Daniella Khan, Sammyh S. Br J Soc Psychol Editor's Choice Previous research concerning mass gathering‐associated health risks has focused on physical factors while largely neglecting the role of psychological factors. The present research examined the effect of experiencing shared social identification on perceptions of susceptibility to health risks in mass gatherings. Participants in Study 1 were asked to either recall a crowd in which they shared a social identity with other crowd members or a crowd in which they did not. Participants subsequently completed measures assessing shared social identity, disgust, and health risk perceptions. Study 2 involved administering the same measures as part of a survey to participants who had recently attended a music festival. The results from both studies indicated that sharing a social identity lowered health risk perceptions; this effect was indirect and mediated via disgust. This highlights the importance of considering social identity processes in the design of health communication aimed at reducing mass gathering‐associated health risks. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019-12-24 2020-10 /pmc/articles/PMC7586968/ /pubmed/31872907 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12362 Text en © 2019 The Authors. British Journal of Social Psychology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of British Psychological Society This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made. |
spellingShingle | Editor's Choice Hult Khazaie, Daniella Khan, Sammyh S. Shared social identification in mass gatherings lowers health risk perceptions via lowered disgust |
title | Shared social identification in mass gatherings lowers health risk perceptions via lowered disgust |
title_full | Shared social identification in mass gatherings lowers health risk perceptions via lowered disgust |
title_fullStr | Shared social identification in mass gatherings lowers health risk perceptions via lowered disgust |
title_full_unstemmed | Shared social identification in mass gatherings lowers health risk perceptions via lowered disgust |
title_short | Shared social identification in mass gatherings lowers health risk perceptions via lowered disgust |
title_sort | shared social identification in mass gatherings lowers health risk perceptions via lowered disgust |
topic | Editor's Choice |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7586968/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31872907 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12362 |
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