IXth Annual Postgraduate Conference: 20/10/2008

This year, the IXth Annual Postgraduate Conference took place on Monday 20th October, 2008. The conference is part of IWHO's annual PGR Programme. Diana presented a paper entitled "Quality of rail passenger experience: the effects of crowding on comfort, stress, and health and safety". A wide range of papers were presented i.e. from online support system, psychometric assessment, and corporate social responsibility to the ever-popular topics on work-related stress.

Many thanks to Dr. Nigel Hunt for organising this conference, to Professor Amanda Griffiths, Director of Research, Professor Tom Cox, Head of School, and Dr. Neil Coulson for the constructive comments and feedbacks.

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Related Readings

Resources that are broadly related to the research:

• Cox, T., Griffiths, A. & Houdmont, J. (2003). Rail Safety in Britain: An Occupational Health Psychology Perspective. Work & Stress, 17 (2): 103 – 108.
• Cox, T., Houdmont, J. & Griffiths, A. (2006). Rail Passenger Crowding, Stress, Health and Safety in Britain. Transportation Research Part A, 40: 244 – 258.
• Cox, T., Lotinga, J., Houdmont J. & Griffiths, A. (2002). Rail Passenger Stress and Health. Report for Rail Passengers Council. Institute of Work, Health and Organisations: University of Nottingham.
• Parsons, K. & Mohd Mahudin, N. D. (2004). Development of a Crowd-Stress Index (CSI) For Use In Risk Assessment. In Contemporary Ergonomics, Paul T. McCabe, Ed. CRC Press: 410 – 414.
• Mohd Mahudin, N.D. (2003). Development of a Crowd Stress Index (CSI). Unpublished MSc thesis. Loughborough University, UK.

• Evans, G.W. & Wener, R.E. (2007). Crowding and Personal Space Invasion on the Train: Please Don’t Make Me Sit in the Middle. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 27: 90 – 94.
• Evans, G.W. & Wener, R.E. (2006). Rail Commuting Duration and Passenger Stress. Health Psychology, 25 (3): 408 – 412.
• Evans, G. W., Wener, R. E. & Phillips, D. (2002). The Morning Rush Hour: Predictability and Commuter Stress. Environment and Behaviour, 34: 521 – 530.
• Wener, R. & Evans, G.W. (2004). The Impact of Mode and Mode Transfer on Commuter Stress, the Montclair Connection. Final Report. No. FHWA-NJ-2004-005.
• Wener, R.E., Evans, G.W., & Boately, P. (2005). Commuting Stress: Psychophysiological Effects of a Trip and Spillover into the Workplace. Transportation Research Record: Journal of Transportation Research Board, 1924: 112 – 117.
• Wener, R.E., Evans, G.W., Phillips, D. & Nadler, N. (2003). Running for the 7:45: the effects of public transit improvements on commuter stress. Transportation, 30: 203 – 220.
  

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Brief biography

I am a lecturer in the Department of Psychology at the International Islamic University Malaysia. Having completed my graduate studies in ergonomics (human factors) at Loughborough University and applied psychology at the University of Nottingham, my research interests are in the areas of public transport crowding and commuting stress, crowd behaviour and crowd management, as well as restorative effects of environments and environmental ergonomics. My work has been focused on understanding the nature, process, and outcomes of passenger crowding on trains and investigating different demand management options to mitigate this issue. Working in collaboration with several teams, my recent work extends into the study of related settings, such as overcrowding at large public gatherings (e.g., Hajj), in which we are particularly interested in whether crowd behaviour plays a role in evacuation planning and overall crowd management. We have also used measurements of physiological parameters to study how people respond to different types of environment, especially in terms of restorative experiences and cognitive performance. 

Apart from these areas, my work collaborations extend to investigating religiosity, occupational ergonomics, issues relating to work and women’s well-being, as well as development and evaluation of interventions. Within these collaborations, we have developed and own the copyright of two scales, i.e., the Rail Passenger Crowding (RPC) scale and the IIUM Religiosity Scale (IIUMRelS). An overview of my research works, projects, and public engagements can be found at https://beyondcommuting.wixsite.com/dianamahudin 

 

I also curates, researches, and edits the works on Department of Psychology's blog.

ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7595-9852

Scopus Author ID: 54790010900

Google Scholar Profile: https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=UoTvwZUAAAAJ&hl=en

Bio at IIUM: Assoc. Prof. Dr Nor Diana Binti Mohd. Mahudin

Twitter: @beyondcommuting

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Publications

A current list of Diana's publications can be found in the links below:

• Google scholar
• ORCID
• Scopus ID
• PlumX

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