Public Crisis Psychology SARS Case - Zhongshan University Sociology Series

Author: Jing Huabin
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Publish Date: 2006-12-01
Features: With the cooling of time, reflections on the SARS event may become more objective and comprehensive. In modern society where unexpected incidents are hard to predict, research on such events may hold greater cautionary and inspirational value. This book takes the perspective of public management, focusing on the psychological and behavioral responses of the public under the SARS context as its research subject. Using multiple empirical research methods, it conducts multi-level surveys to explore the socio-cultural-psychological mechanisms of the public's response to public crises, and subsequently proposes psychological strategies for public management of social crisis events. With the cooling of time, reflections on the SARS event may become more objective and comprehensive. In modern society where unexpected incidents are hard to predict, research on such events may hold greater cautionary and inspirational value.