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Mass panic and social attachment

by Mawson, Anthony R.
Additional authors: ebrary, Inc.
Published by : Ashgate, (Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; | Burlington, VT :) Physical details: xvii, 309 p. : ill.
Subject(s): Collective behavior. | Panic. | Disasters -- Psychological aspects. | Attachment behavior. | Electronic books.
Year: 2007
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-304) and index.

Introduction -- Current theories of panic -- Theories of affiliation -- The theory of walters and parke -- Protection from predators : Bowlby's theory -- Arousal and stimulation-seeking overview -- Cognitive maps and susceptibility to influence -- Affiliation as stimulation-seeking : a theory of attachment formation -- Stimulation-seeking and group dynamics -- Panic as stimulation-seeking -- Aggression -- The social context of panic -- Panic flight as affiliative behavior -- Review of current theories of panic -- Havens of safety -- Panic as stimulation-avoidance -- Two systems of arousal -- Towards a neurophysiological theory of emotional behavior -- Summary and conclusions -- Understanding mass panic and other collective responses to disaster : update.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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