Crowd behaviour in a ritual based mass gathering and reliability of scale measurement

Abdul Ghani, Noraida and Ahmad Hatta, Zulkarnain and Mohd Hashim , Intan Hashimah and Sulong, Jasni and Mohd Mahudin, Nor Diana and Abdul Rahman, Shukran and Mat Saad , Zarina (2014) Crowd behaviour in a ritual based mass gathering and reliability of scale measurement. In: Vienna 10th International Academic Conference, 3-6 June 2014, Austria .

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Abstract

Hajj is an annual mass gathering of Muslim pilgrims in Mecca. The understanding of crowd behaviour during this ritual based mass gathering from the psychosocial perspective is inadequately highlighted in the literature. Based on the initial interviews with pilgrims, three main components of crowd behaviour were identified: observable crowd behaviour, emotion and cognitive. This paper reports on the sub-scales identified and the reliability of the questionnaires that were developed and pilot-tested to measure the three components. The subjects of the survey included 203 respondents during pre-Hajj training at three different locations in the country. Using explanatory factor analysis with principle axes factoring, 7 sub-scales of observable crowd behaviour components, 5 sub-scales of emotion components and 4 sub-scales of cognitive components were identified. Sub-scales of observable crowd behaviour included aggressive behaviour, coping behaviour, defensive behaviour, avoidance behaviour, protective behaviour, tolerant behaviour and hazardous behaviour. Subscales of emotion included positive emotion, negative emotion, positive comfortable emotion, negative comfortable emotion and positive spiritual emotion. The four sub-scales of cognitive included spiritual thoughts, negative thoughts of others, thoughts on Hajj Management and thoughts of safety. Using internal consistency method (Cronbach’s alpha coefficient), all sub-scales have acceptable reliabilities except for protective, tolerant and hazardous behaviours. Majority of the sub-scales have Spearmen correlation values below 0.3 suggesting substantial independence of the sub-scales. The results of the study contribute to the enhancement of the dimensions of the behaviour of pilgrims in a ritual based crowd. However, further research is warranted with the scale in order to improve its reliability and to test its validity.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (UNSPECIFIED)
Additional Information:	3951/37834 ISBN: 978-80-87927-02-
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Crowd behaviour, scale measurement, reliability, validity
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology > BF176 Psychological tests and testing B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology > BF636 Applied psychology H Social Sciences > HM Sociology > HM1001 Social psychology H Social Sciences > HM Sociology > HM711 Groups and organizations
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences > Department of Psychology
Depositing User:	Nor Diana Mohd Mahudin
Date Deposited:	22 Aug 2014 16:25
Last Modified:	13 Jun 2018 15:10
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/37834

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