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- Suicide Terrorism and Psychology of Suicide Bomber
This article reviews suicide terrorism and existing understandings of the psychology of suicide bomber Suicide attacks that take place in many diferent parts of the world are one of the most used methods by the terrorist organizations
- Psychology of Terrorism: Introduction to the Special Issue
Despite the extraordinary social and political consequences often associated with terrorist violence, as well as our responses to it, psychological research on terrorist behavior is conspicuously underdeveloped This special issue of American Psychologist presents a series of articles that showcase new conceptual, theoretical, and empirical advances in our understanding of terrorism In doing
- Evidence that suicide terrorists are suicidal: Challenges and empirical . . .
The Myth of Martyrdom: What Really Drives Suicide Bombers, Rampage Shooters, and Other Self-Destructive Killers proposes that suicide terrorists are psychologically and behaviorally similar to other people who commit suicide, due to a range of individual, social, and situational factors Some commentators agree, while others are skeptical, given the lack of information about many attackers
- Psychology of Terrorism
Contemporary psychological research on terrorism 22 How and why do people enter, stay in, and leave terrorist organizations? To what extent is psychopathology relevant for understanding or preventing terrorism? To what extent is individual personality relevant for understanding or preventing terrorism?
- Causes Explanations of Suicide Terrorism: A Systematic Review
Appendix B Summary of Reviewed Articles that Discuss Individual-level Motivations for Suicide Bombers Pedahzur, Ami, Arie Perliger and Leonard Weinberg “Altruism and Fatalism: The Characteristics of Palestinian Suicide Terrorists ” Deviant Behavior 24, no 4 (2003): 405-423 Terrorist Organization Focus: Palestinian suicide terrorists from 1993-2002 Research Method: Using a database that
- The mind of suicide terrorists | CNS Spectrums | Cambridge Core
After reviewing the available literature about the main hypotheses on suicide terrorism and the psychological characteristics of terrorists that have been proposed throughout the years, the present authors have put forward some personal considerations on what the distinctive traits of today’s suicide bombers might be In spite of the heterogeneity and paucity of “real” data, it is
- Suicide Bombers: Are Psychological Profiles Possible? | Office of . . .
After reviewing existing research on the characteristics of terrorist suicide bombers, this paper argues that, contrary to previous commentary, the development of psychological profiles of suicide bombers may be feasible and they may be characterized by the risk factors that increase the probability of suicide
- Fully committed: Suicide bombers motivation and the quest for personal . . .
A motivational analysis of suicidal terrorism is outlined, anchored in the notion of significance quest It is suggested that heterogeneous factors identified as personal causes of suicidal terrorism (e g trauma, humiliation, social exclusion), the various ideological reasons assumed to justify it (e g liberation from foreign occupation, defense of one’s nation or religion), and the social
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