Social contagion

References

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16. ¹⁶ Loc cit
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Attributions

• ^fp Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0e/Goethe_%28Stieler_1828%29.jpg


• ^p2 Dancing Plague photo: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/Die_Wallfahrt_der_Fallsuechtigen_nach_Meulebeeck.jpg


• ^p2 Kashasha sign: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kashasha_school.jpg


• ^p3 Hospital ward: https://www.123rf.com/photo_54221128_blurred-background-with-a-hospital-corridor-and-a-moving-person.html


• ^p3 Sad looking woman: https://pixabay.com/photos/girl-sad-thinking-background-bored-2096998/


• ^p3 Girl on phone looking out of the window: https://www.rawpixel.com/image/538887/girl-waiting-for-text


• ^p4 Sad looking girl: https://www.123rf.com/photo_20793646_portrait-of-a-depressed-teen-girl.html


• ^p4 Sad girl on a bench: https://stock.adobe.com/uk/images/young-lonely-woman-on-bench-in-park/58089790


• ^p5 Derren Brown: https://flic.kr/p/Db6Rpv


• ^p5 Skiing in the alps: https://pixabay.com/photos/panorama-panoramic-alps-mountain-643075/


• ^p5 Construction worker: https://www.123rf.com/photo_143903726_stressed-factory-worker-suffering-head-pain-migraine-or-headache-rubbing-his-temples.html


• ^bp Crowd: https://www.123rf.com/photo_53982937_the-crowd-of-abstract-people-flat-design-vector-illustration.html