Militant extremist mindset refers to a fixed set of beliefs that motivate people to engage in violent activities directed toward specific others. In our previous work we have identified three components that together define militant-extremist mindset, and have been identified across different cultures. These are broadly known as nastiness, grudge, and excuse: nastiness represents anti-social and pro-violent attitudes; grudge is a feeling of animosity and resentment typically directed toward some other group which serves as a trigger for action; and excuse represents a higher-order justification for engaging in militant extremism. These "ingredients" of militant-extremist-mindset are defined more specifically according to the context and vary according to culture and setting. For example "excuse" typically represents a particular set of religious beliefs. Further empirical work may reveal whether this mindset is present to some extent in the general population. If so, these measures of ...militant-extremist mindset might be useful in assessing population-wide attitudinal changes or the effectiveness of anti-terrorist social interventions.
Keywords:
Terrorism / Mindset / Extremism / Cross-cultural
Source:
Personality and Individual Differences: Theory, Assessment, and Application, 2011, 131-140
TY - CHAP
AU - Stankov, Lazar
AU - Saucier, Gerard
AU - Knežević, Goran
PY - 2011
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AB - Militant extremist mindset refers to a fixed set of beliefs that motivate people to engage in violent activities directed toward specific others. In our previous work we have identified three components that together define militant-extremist mindset, and have been identified across different cultures. These are broadly known as nastiness, grudge, and excuse: nastiness represents anti-social and pro-violent attitudes; grudge is a feeling of animosity and resentment typically directed toward some other group which serves as a trigger for action; and excuse represents a higher-order justification for engaging in militant extremism. These "ingredients" of militant-extremist-mindset are defined more specifically according to the context and vary according to culture and setting. For example "excuse" typically represents a particular set of religious beliefs. Further empirical work may reveal whether this mindset is present to some extent in the general population. If so, these measures of militant-extremist mindset might be useful in assessing population-wide attitudinal changes or the effectiveness of anti-terrorist social interventions.
PB - Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
T2 - Personality and Individual Differences: Theory, Assessment, and Application
T1 - Militant extremist mindset
EP - 140
SP - 131
UR - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_1304
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Stankov, L., Saucier, G.,& Knežević, G.. (2011). Militant extremist mindset. in Personality and Individual Differences: Theory, Assessment, and Application
Nova Science Publishers, Inc.., 131-140.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_1304
Stankov L, Saucier G, Knežević G. Militant extremist mindset. in Personality and Individual Differences: Theory, Assessment, and Application. 2011;:131-140.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_1304 .
Stankov, Lazar, Saucier, Gerard, Knežević, Goran, "Militant extremist mindset" in Personality and Individual Differences: Theory, Assessment, and Application (2011):131-140,
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_1304 .
