Group emergence under stress: a study of collective behavior during the emergency period of community crises.
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TextLanguage: ENG Series: Dissertation (University of Delaware. Disaster Research Center) ; 4Publication details: 1969Description: 275p., 70 refs, 3 figs, 5 tabs, 3 appendicesReport number: AcademicSubject: Disaster researchSubject: Disaster sociologySubject: Group psychologySubject: Human behaviorSubject: The goal of the research is the study of human behavior in modern American society under stressful or extreme circumstances. The study is approached from a sociological perspective, with groups, organizations, and social systems being the foci of research. The study has two broad goals: 1) to advance sociological knowledge in disaster research and theory and 2) to draw conclusions useful for understanding and predicting behavior in times of emergency and for mitigating the harm wrought by disasters. The research centers on the behavior of collectives rather than the behavior of individuals. The principal purpose is to examine the dependance of group emergence upon elements of the community structure during and emergency. The incidence of group emergence is studied within the context of a community social systems' dominant social processes and cultural and social patterns with disaster being treated as a type of system stress
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Presented by the author in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Graduate School of the Ohio State University
Thesis
Disaster research
Disaster sociology
Group psychology
Human behavior
The goal of the research is the study of human behavior in modern American society under stressful or extreme circumstances. The study is approached from a sociological perspective, with groups, organizations, and social systems being the foci of research. The study has two broad goals: 1) to advance sociological knowledge in disaster research and theory and 2) to draw conclusions useful for understanding and predicting behavior in times of emergency and for mitigating the harm wrought by disasters. The research centers on the behavior of collectives rather than the behavior of individuals. The principal purpose is to examine the dependance of group emergence upon elements of the community structure during and emergency. The incidence of group emergence is studied within the context of a community social systems' dominant social processes and cultural and social patterns with disaster being treated as a type of system stress
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