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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Authors: Shortland, Neil D. (Author) ; Palmieri, Michael (Author) ; Bedoya, AnaCristina (Author) ; McGarry, Presley (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2025
In: Terrorism and political violence
Year: 2025, Volume: 37, Issue: 7, Pages: 909-926
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
Individual differences
Behavior
Radicalization
reinforcement sensitivity
Motivation