Future research avenues to facilitate social connectedness and safe collective behavior at organized crowd events

During the COVID-19 pandemic, organizers of crowd events must facilitate physical distancing in environments where attendees previously enjoyed being close with ingroup members, encourage accurate perception health risks and adherence to safety guidance, stop expected normative behaviors that may now be unsafe. Research from psychology demonstrates how group processes are integral each these issues. The however, has created an extreme case environment which evaluate collective findings previous research identify future directions. This paper outlines researchers can work together further develop our understanding social connectedness crowds, reasons for risk-taking behavior, level engagement new behaviors. By working address issues, practitioners improve at events.