Psychological Vulnerabilities and Propensities for Involvement in Violent Extremism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5802013 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Randy Borum (0000-0003-1710-1302, University of South Florida, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 286-305 |
| Publication date | 2014-03-20 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Behavioral Sciences & the Law (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0735-3936 • E-ISSN: 1099-0798 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/bsl.2110 |
| PMID | 24652686 |
| OpenAlex | W2095618434 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 44 |
| References cited | 117 |
Research on the psychology of terrorism has argued against the idea that most terrorist behavior is caused by mental illness or by a terrorist personality. This article suggests an alternative line of inquiry - an individual psychology of terrorism that explores how otherwise normal mental states and processes, built on characteristic attitudes, dispositions, inclinations, and intentions, might affect a person's propensity for involvement with violent extremist groups and actions. It uses the concepts of "mindset" - a relatively enduring set of attitudes, dispositions, and inclinations - and worldview as the basis of a psychological "climate," within which various vulnerabilities and propensities shape ideas and behaviors in ways that can increase the person's risk or likelihood of involvement in violent extremism
Mindset · Psychological research · Violent extremism · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Suicide and Self-Harm Studies · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
State, Society and National Security
Islamistische Gewalttaten in Westeuropa
Inside the Radicalized Mind
Cognitive and behavioral radicalization
Trauma and the extremist life cycle
« Je ne suis pas raciste, mais je suis réaliste »
Self‐representation and future perception of youth followed by a specialized intervention team in violent radicalization
The radicalisation loop
Violence risk assessment of Sovereign Citizens
Risk of What and Why? Disaggregating Pathways to Extremist Behaviours in Individuals Susceptible to Violent Extremism
Pathways to radicalization in adolescence
Perceived injustice, perceived group threat and self-reported right-wing violence
Understanding and preventing violent extremism in school settings
Violent extremism in the U.S
On the relationship between right‐wing attitudes, conspiracy beliefs, and intergroup threat
Religiosity, Identity Confusion, and Psychological Well-Being in Turkish University Students
Militant extremist mindset
Recruitment, Affiliation, and Disengagement Among Men in Terrorist Organizations
Meaning in Life, Future Orientation and Support for Violent Radicalization Among Canadian College Students During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Predictors of Political Violence Outcomes among Young People
The Role of Self-control and Resilience in Reducing Violent Extremist Attitudes Among Pakistani Young Adults
Militant extremist mind-set in Serbian football supporters
Becoming a violent extremist
Pathways to violence
Antiheroes fueled by injustice
Lex talionis in the twenty-first century
The Dark Tetrad and radicalization
Understanding violent extremism
A dangerous science
What is the best approach for preventing recruitment to terrorism? Findings from ABM experiments in social and situational prevention
Sociopsychological correlates of militant extremist beliefs in a postconflict society
Perceptions of recruitment videos from armed forces
Ordinary mechanisms, extraordinary actions
Integrating insights into radicalization
Globalization and radicalization
Vulnerable, threat and influencer characterisation for radicalisation risk assessment
Why People Join Terrorist Groups in Kuwait
Community Violence and Support for Violent Extremism
Building Resilience against Violent Extremism
Counter-radicalisation in UK higher education
The Shapeshifting Self
Radicalization
Prejudice in children and extremism in adults
The blame game
Personality and psychotherapy
Readings in Social Psychology
The psychology of meaning.
Strength and Weakness
What Justice? Whose Justice?Fighting for Fairness in Latin America
Violence, aggression, and coercive actions.
Life Schemes
The nature and meaning of dogmatism.
A systematic review and meta-analysis of the psychosis continuum
The attributional Style Questionnaire
Symbolic Self-Completion, Attempted Influence, and Self-Deprecation
Thwarting the Need to Belong
The Hierarchical Model of Approach-Avoidance Motivation
Hostile Attribution of Intent and Aggressive Behavior
The Meaning Maintenance Model
Seductions of Crime
Beyond valence
The authoritarian personality
Searching for injustice and finding solidarity? A contribution to the mobilisation theory debate
Awakening the Sense of Injustice
Uncertainty–Identity Theory
The Fundamentalist Mindset
The Psychology of Counter-Terrorism
Methods, Theories, and Empirical Applications in the Social Sciences
Effects of Fear and Anger on Perceived Risks of Terrorism
The Sociology of Emotions
Christian identity
Religions, meaning making, and basic needs
Radicalization into Violent Extremism I
Radicalization into Violent Extremism II
Deservingness and emotions
A review of behavioral and biological correlates of sensation seeking
Personality, antisocial behavior, and aggression
Making sense of the meaning literature
Effects of Narcissistic Personality Organization on Causal Attributions
Belief systems and action inferences as a source of violence in the name of Islam
The Fundamentalist Mindset
Left-wing authoritarianism is not a myth, but a worrisome reality. Evidence from 13 Eastern European countries
Variety Seeking Behavior
Criminal attitudes to violence
Situational construal is related to personality and gender
From Profiles to Pathways and Roots to Routes
Social‐demographic Attitudes and Violence
Alone and without purpose
Emotions and Moral Motivation
Terrorism
The Impact of Social Threat on Worldview and Ideological Attitudes
Political Psychology
Fully Committed
The Mind of the Terrorist
Authoritarianism, Threat, and Americans’ Support for the War on Terror
Fear, anger, and risk
Moral Emotions and Moral Behavior
Techniques of Neutralization
Political conservatism as motivated social cognition
Just world research and the attribution process
The need to belong
Structural Causes of Oppositional Political Terrorism
Socioeconomic Status, Subcultural Definitions, and Violent Delinquency
The Subculture of Violence and Delinquency
Arguing the Apocalypse
Sacrilege
| Unique citing works | 44 |
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| Citations per year | 4,4 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2026 (11) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 44 |