Evidence for indirect loss of significance effects on violent extremism: The potential mediating role of anomia.
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DOI: 10.1002/ab.21863
Abstract: Psychological research suggests that violent extremism (e.g., terrorism) stems partly from existential motives, such as individuals' need to achieve significance in life after experiencing failure, ostracism, or humiliation (Significance Quest Theory; SQT). Parallel investigations from… read more here.
Keywords: significance effects; extremism; violent extremism; anomia ... See more keywords