Modelling and simulation of human behavioural and emotional dynamics during emergencies: a review of the state-of-the-art

Belhaj, Mouna; Kebair, Fahem; Saïd, Lamjed Ben

doi:10.1504/ijem.2015.071047

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“…While the number of agent-based models that consider emotion contagion has grown rapidly in recent years, a clear synthesis is lacking on the wide range of contagion mechanisms, simulated scenarios and individual traits that have been considered. And, while there are some surveys that explore literature that overlaps with the present paper, these focus on different aspects such as crowd simulation in general [17,18], simulating emotions and behaviour in emergencies [19] and agent-based simulation of emotion [20]. Therefore, a systematic literature review dedicated to agent-based models of emotion contagion is important to establish a common baseline and aid further research.…”

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Emotion contagion in agent-based simulations of crowds: a systematic review

Haeringen

Gerritsen

Hindriks

2022

Auton Agent Multi-Agent Syst

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Emotions are known to spread among people, a process known as emotion contagion. Both positive and negative emotions are believed to be contagious, but the mass spread of negative emotions has attracted the most attention due to its danger to society. The use of agent-based techniques to simulate emotion contagion in crowds has grown over the last decade and a range of contagion mechanisms and applications have been considered. With this review we aim to give a comprehensive overview of agent-based methods to implement emotion contagion in crowd simulations. We took a systematic approach and collected studies from Web of Science, Scopus, IEEE and ACM that propose agent-based models that include a process of emotion contagion in crowds. We classify the models in three categories based on the mechanism of emotion contagion and analyse the contagion mechanism, application and findings of the studies. Additionally, a broad overview is given of other agent characteristics that are commonly considered in the models. We conclude that there are fundamental theoretical differences among the mechanisms of emotion contagion that reflect a difference in view on the contagion process and its application, although findings from comparative studies are inconclusive. Further, while large theoretical progress has been made in recent years, empirical evaluation of the proposed models is lagging behind due to the complexity of reliably measuring emotions and context in large groups. We make several suggestions on a way forward regarding validation to eventually justify the application of models of emotion contagion in society.

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Emotion contagion in agent-based simulations of crowds: a systematic review

Haeringen

Gerritsen

Hindriks

2022

Auton Agent Multi-Agent Syst

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“…Major emergencies often lead to changes in the environment, which in turn changes the emotional state of individuals in the environment ( Beltzer et al., 2019 ; Mouna et al., 2015 ; Zhang et al., 2020 ). The outbreak and epidemic of COVID-19 in 2020 was a typical major public health emergency ( WHO, 2020 ).…”

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Relationship between working stress and anxiety of medical workers in the COVID-19 situation: A moderated mediation model

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Hou²,

Zhang

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Journal of Affective Disorders

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Background The COVID-19 pandemic has brought a lot of working stress to medical workers and has a certain impact on their mental health. Working stress is closely related to the increase in anxiety, but few studies have explored whether their relationship will be affected by positive psychological factors in the special situation. Methods 798 medical workers were investigated online after the outbreak of the COVID-19 (10 February to 1 March 2020) in China. The relevant questionnaires were used to evaluate working stress, anxiety, sense of control, and psychological capital. The moderated mediation model test was performed using the SPSS software and PROCESS macro program. Results Working stress could directly affect anxiety, and indirectly affect anxiety through sense of control. In addition, psychological capital moderated the direct effect of working stress on anxiety, which is more effective at high level of psychological capital. Psychological capital also moderated the second half of the indirect effect of working stress on anxiety, at low level of psychological capital, sense of control was more effective in predicting anxiety. Limitations All the data in this study was collected through online questionnaire. The anxiety response measured in this study cannot be specific to the viral epidemic. Conclusions Under the COVID-19 epidemic situation, for medical workers, low sense of control and low level of psychological capital may be important risk factors of anxiety caused by working stress. Thus, strengthening the sense of control and psychological capital of medical workers would be helpful to reduce their anxiety and maintain their mental health.

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Sense of agency in the context of COVID-19 pandemic

Wang,

Zhao,

2023

Curr Psychol

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Modelling and simulation of human behavioural and emotional dynamics during emergencies: a review of the state-of-the-art

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Emotion contagion in agent-based simulations of crowds: a systematic review

Emotion contagion in agent-based simulations of crowds: a systematic review

Relationship between working stress and anxiety of medical workers in the COVID-19 situation: A moderated mediation model

Sense of agency in the context of COVID-19 pandemic

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