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ERIC Number: EJ554626
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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ISBN: ISSN-0305-5698
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Epidemic Hysteria in Schools: An International and Historical Overview.
Bartholomew, Robert E.; Sirois, Francois
Educational Studies, v22 n3 p285-311 Oct 1996
Examines the characteristic features of epidemic hysteria reports in school settings. Discovers three distinct symptom patterns: (1) mass motor hysteria (psychomotor alterations due to preexisting stress); (2) mass anxiety hysteria (extreme anxiety following the redefinition of a mundane event); and (3) mass pseudo-hysteria (relabeling of mundane symptoms by hyper-vigilant authorities). (MJP)
Descriptors: Child Health, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Disturbances, Epidemiology, Health Education, Information Dissemination, Overt Response, Patterned Responses, Psychological Patterns, Psychosomatic Disorders, Public Health, School Health Services, Sick Child Care, Special Health Problems
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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