The Mind of the Terrorist
A Review and Critique of Psychological Approaches
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6283767 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jeff Victoroff (Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, University of Southern California School of Medicine, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 3-42 |
| Publication date | 2005-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Conflict Resolution (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0027 • E-ISSN: 1552-8766 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0022002704272040 |
| OpenAlex | W2130534342 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 183 |
| References cited | 90 |
This article reviews the state of the art of available theories and data regarding the psychology of terrorism. Data and theoretical material were gathered from the world’s unclassified literature. Multiple theories and some demographic data have been published, but very few controlled empirical studies have been conducted investigating the psychological bases of terrorism. The field is largely characterized by theoretical speculation based on subjective interpretation of anecdotal observations. Moreover, most studies and theories fail to take into account the great heterogeneity of terrorists. Many practical, conceptual, and psychological barriers have slowed progress in this important field. Nonetheless, even at this early stage of terrorism studies, preliminary reports suggest that modifiable social and psychological factors contribute to the genesis of the terrorist mind-set. Psychological scholarship could possibly mitigate the risk of catastrophic attack by initiating the long overdue scientific study of terrorist mentalities
Criminology · Economics · Epistemology · Field (mathematics · Interpretation (philosophy · Political science · Positive economics · Psychological research · Scholarship · Speculation · Terrorism · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion · Law · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
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Norms and New Media as New Pillars of New Network Terrorism
Perverted idealism and moral duty in an Italian terrorist
Victims or vanguards of terror
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Fifty years of scholarly research on terrorism
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The moral compass and life skills in navigating radicalization processes
The Phoenix Model of Disengagement and Deradicalisation from Terrorism and Violent Extremism
Micro and macro-level risk factors for extremism and terrorism
Basic Psychological Needs Are Associated With Engagement and Hate Term Use in Extremist Chatrooms
Urban environments favorable to radical narratives
Simply Small Men? Examining Differences Between Females and Males Radicalized in the United States
Gender Differences in Worry About a Terrorist Attack
The Rise of Organised Brutality
The Political Economy of Terrorism
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The trouble with radicalization
A false dichotomy? Mental illness and lone-actor terrorism
Securitization
Uhud, Kairouan and the battle of Ben Gardane
Resentment as an affective foundation of radicalization
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Engagement radical, désengagement et déradicalisation. Continuum et lignes de fracture
How do Iranians and U.S. Citizens Perceive Each Other
Recruitment, Affiliation, and Disengagement Among Men in Terrorist Organizations
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A Clinical and Psychopathological Approach to Radicalization Among Adolescents
Stability of Groups with Costly Beliefs and Practices
Dangerous Minds’? Deconstructing Counter‐Terrorism Discourse, Radicalisation and the ‘Psychological Vulnerability’ of Muslim Children and Young People in Britain
What do we know about suicide bombing
The future of terrorism research
Predictors of Political Violence Outcomes among Young People
Feelings of anxiety among radical Muslim youths in the Netherlands
Understanding the psychological aspects of the radicalisation process
Not in Their Right Mind? Right-Wing Extremism Is Not a Mental Illness, but Still a Challenge for Psychiatry
The Life Cycle of a British Islamist
Rebuilding Pakistan in the Aftermath of the Floods
Between rap and jihad
Engagement radical, extrême ou violent
All Politics Is Local
A comparison of Isis foreign fighters and supporters social media posts
Risk factors for terrorism
An exploratory analysis of leakage warning behavior in lone-actor terrorists
Walking away
Decision-theoretic behavioral analytics
Ideology, personality disorders and the militant extremist mindset
Suicide terrorism
Ostracism promotes a terroristic mindset
Dominant predictors of violent versus non-violent terrorist roles among US Muslim converts
Perceived impact of terrorism and the role of the media
Are terrorists “insane”? A critical analysis of mental health categories in lone terrorists’ trials
Preventing radicalisation in Norwegian schools
Unravelling emotional dynamics in violent extremism
The Contribution of Social Movement Theory to Understanding Terrorism
Psychological Factors in Terrorism and Counterterrorism
Delegating repression
Growth opportunities in American and British terrorism research
Grievance, social dominance orientation, and authoritarianism in the choice and justification of terror versus protest
Intergroup images mediate the relationships between government abuse, sociopolitical orientations, and political action
Fighting together? understanding bilateral cooperation in the realm of counterterrorism
Comparing crime types
Support for political mobilization and protest in Egypt and Morocco
Belief systems and action inferences as a source of violence in the name of Islam
Indicators of terrorist intent and capability
Humiliation and the Inertia Effect
Toward An Integrated Behavioral Framework for Analyzing Terrorism
Emotionally Based Strategic Communications in the Process of Societal Deradicalization
The Empirical Study of Terrorism
Informing Lone‐Offender Investigations
Disaggregating Terrorist Offenders
Understanding (non)involvement in terrorist violence
Why Resist? The Sources of Violent and Nonviolent Political Action
Fifty Shades of Deprivation
More Data, New Problems
An Understanding of Social Violence
How (not) to study terrorism
A general strain theory of terrorism
Travelling concepts and crossing paths
Theory of Games and Economic Behavior (60th Anniversary Commemorative Edition)
Frustration and aggression.
Thoughts on Narcissism and Narcissistic Rage
Adolescent Brain Development
Genesis of Suicide Terrorism
The Neural Basis of Altruistic Punishment
Punishment in animal societies
Measuring exposure to racism
Terror in the Name of God
Bloodlines
Psycho-Social Impacts of Terrorism and Organized Crime
Palestinian Religious Terrorism
Terrorists, Victims and Society
Political Terrorism
Understanding Terror Networks
Social Dominance
The Wretched of the Earth
Intolerance of ambiguity as a personality variable1
The Effects of Contextual and Psychological Variables on Extreme Right-Wing Sentiments
State, policy, and political violence
Torn Between God, Family, and Money
"Talking to "Terrorists
Political Violence, Family Relations, and Palestinian Youth Functioning
Statements about Terrorism
Socioeconomic profile of an American terrorist
Italian women terrorists
Patterns in the lives of ETA members
Fanaticism, political suicide and terrorism
On learning terrorism
Satisfaction with Life Among Adolescents from Immigrant Families in Portugal
The mad, the bad, and the different
The calculus of dissent
Aggression
The 9/11 Commission Report
The Rebels
A Sociopsychiatric Interpretation of Terrorism
On Terror
Development and validation of the Index of Race-Related Stress (IRRS)
On killing
Inside Al Qaeda
The Psychology of Terrorism
The Psychological Impact of Terrorism
Studies of interpersonal bargaining
Cognitive-Affective States Predict Military and Political Aggression and Risk Taking
Toward a Model of Terrorist Behavior in Hostage-Taking Incidents
Is Transnational Terrorism Becoming More Threatening
The Causes of Terrorism
Retaliating against Terrorism
The psychological bases of ideology and prejudice
Cognitive Functioning and Sociopolitical Ideology Revisited
The terrorists in their own words
The effects of threat in bargaining
Cultural differences in the behavior of terrorists
Defining international terrorism
A Theoretical Analysis of Transnational Terrorism
Terrorism, Myth, and the Power of Ethnographic Praxis
Racial Discrimination as a Moderator of the Links Among Stress, Maternal Psychological Functioning, and Family Relationships
Altruism and Fatalism
| Unique citing works | 183 |
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| Citations per year | 8,71 |
| Citation span | 2005 - 2026 (22) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 180 |