| Document ID (ISN) | 30173 |
| CIS number |
78-1789 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0096-1736 - Journal of Occupational Medicine |
| Year |
1978 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Smith M.J., Colligan M.J., Hurrell J.J. |
| Title |
Three incidents of industrial mass psychogenic illness (preliminary report) - A methodological approach for evaluating outbreaks of mass psychogenic illness in industry. |
| Bibliographic information |
June 1978, Vol.20, No.6, p.399-402. 14 ref. |
| Abstract |
The first of these 2 articles describes 3 separate incidents of mass psychogenic illness (MSI) in very different situations, with details of the background, the incident itself, and subsequent medical and psychological findings. The main characteristics are summarised. The second article reports the development by the Behavioral and Motivational Factors Branch of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) of a programme to study this phenomenon. It incorporates an extensive questionnaire the primary emphasis of which is on assessing the state or trait characteristics of the affected workers that make them susceptible to MSI and on determining the mechanism of its transmission. The psychological scales used in the questionnaire are described. So far, the data base contains introduction on some 100 affected and 100 non-affected workers from the 3 incidents described. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
psychological effects; psychosomatic disorders |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
USA; case study; psychology of absenteeism; questionnaire survey; canning industry (fish); metalworking industry; electronics industry; women; behaviour study |
| Document type |
- |
| Subject(s) |
Psychology and sociology
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| Broad subject area(s) |
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| Browse category(ies) |
Mental health
Electronics industry
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