Militant extremist mind-set in Serbian football supporters: relations with the adherence to extremist social movements
Abstract
Football supporters represent a specific social group which is prone to violence and ideologically based extremist behavior. In the present study we explored whether football supporters in Serbia are characterized by Militant Extremist Mind-Set (MEM), a set of beliefs characterized by terrorists and ideological extremists. MEM is constituted of three factors: Proviolence, Vile World and Divine Power. We hypothesized that all three factors are more pronounced in football supporters than in the control group of participants; furthermore, we assumed that MEM factors have an independent contribution in the prediction of support for extremist social movements. Relations between these variables are explored in a combined sample of male football supporters (N = 128) and the control group (N = 118). Obtained results confirmed all hypotheses. All MEM factors were found to be more pronounced in football supporters. All three beliefs independently predicted support for extremist social movements.... Finally, the interaction between group membership and Vile World in predicting support for the extremist movements was found: football supporters with elevated belief in Vile World were especially prone to affiliate with extremist movements. Study findings provided additional insight into the ideological characteristics of football supporters in Serbia and contributed to the identification of individuals who are particularly susceptible to violent extremism.
Keywords:
militant extremist mind-set / Football supporters / extremist social movementsSource:
Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression, 2021Publisher:
- Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, Abingdon
Funding / projects:
- Ministarstvo Prosvete, Nauke i Tehnoloskog Razvoja
DOI: 10.1080/19434472.2020.1859583
ISSN: 1943-4472
WoS: 000600994700001
Scopus: 2-s2.0-85097883045
Institution/Community
Psihologija / PsychologyTY - JOUR AU - Međedović, Janko AU - Kovačević, Uroš AU - Knežević, Goran PY - 2021 UR - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3318 AB - Football supporters represent a specific social group which is prone to violence and ideologically based extremist behavior. In the present study we explored whether football supporters in Serbia are characterized by Militant Extremist Mind-Set (MEM), a set of beliefs characterized by terrorists and ideological extremists. MEM is constituted of three factors: Proviolence, Vile World and Divine Power. We hypothesized that all three factors are more pronounced in football supporters than in the control group of participants; furthermore, we assumed that MEM factors have an independent contribution in the prediction of support for extremist social movements. Relations between these variables are explored in a combined sample of male football supporters (N = 128) and the control group (N = 118). Obtained results confirmed all hypotheses. All MEM factors were found to be more pronounced in football supporters. All three beliefs independently predicted support for extremist social movements. Finally, the interaction between group membership and Vile World in predicting support for the extremist movements was found: football supporters with elevated belief in Vile World were especially prone to affiliate with extremist movements. Study findings provided additional insight into the ideological characteristics of football supporters in Serbia and contributed to the identification of individuals who are particularly susceptible to violent extremism. PB - Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, Abingdon T2 - Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression T1 - Militant extremist mind-set in Serbian football supporters: relations with the adherence to extremist social movements DO - 10.1080/19434472.2020.1859583 ER -
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Međedović, J., Kovačević, U.,& Knežević, G.. (2021). Militant extremist mind-set in Serbian football supporters: relations with the adherence to extremist social movements. in Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, Abingdon.. https://doi.org/10.1080/19434472.2020.1859583
Međedović J, Kovačević U, Knežević G. Militant extremist mind-set in Serbian football supporters: relations with the adherence to extremist social movements. in Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression. 2021;. doi:10.1080/19434472.2020.1859583 .
Međedović, Janko, Kovačević, Uroš, Knežević, Goran, "Militant extremist mind-set in Serbian football supporters: relations with the adherence to extremist social movements" in Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression (2021), https://doi.org/10.1080/19434472.2020.1859583 . .