Everyone for themselves? A comparative study of crowd solidarity among emergency survivors

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 487-506

  Drury, John ^a   Cocking, Chris ^b   Reicher, Steve ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COOPERATION; CROWDING; EMERGENCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBJECT RELATION; PANIC; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REINFORCEMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVOR;

EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MASS BEHAVIOR; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PANIC; REINFORCEMENT, SOCIAL; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVORS;

EID: 67651117882     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466608X357893     Document Type: Article

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