Adding a psychological dimension to mass gatherings medicine.

摘要: Mass gatherings pose distinctive challenges for medicine. One neglected aspect of this is that the behaviour people participating in such events different from they exhibit their everyday lives. This paper seeks to describe a social psychological perspective on processes shaping people's at mass and explore how these are relevant an understanding impacting transmission infection. It inadequate conceptualize as simply aggregate large number individuals. Rather, those present may themselves terms collective with shared group identity. Thinking oneself others members changes one's behaviour. First, one behaves norms associated group. Second, relationships between become more trusting supportive. Understanding two behavioural key why gathering participants behave ways make them or less vulnerable infection transmission. Implications health education interventions discussed.