Rethinking Radicalization: Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory as a Framework to Understand Pathways to Political Activism and Radicalization

This paper proposes a theory of radicalization to violence centered on the psychological, neuropsychological, and physiological processes of human motivation. Specifically, we argue that the movement towards extremist violence is centered on motivation processes that create goal pursuit and acquisit...

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Autores principales: Shortland, Neil D. (Autor) ; Palmieri, Michael (Autor) ; Bedoya, AnaCristina (Autor) ; McGarry, Presley (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2025
En: Terrorism and political violence
Año: 2025, Volumen: 37, Número: 7, Páginas: 909-926
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