期刊
TERRORISM AND POLITICAL VIOLENCE
卷 34, 期 7, 页码 1485-1504出版社
ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/09546553.2020.1803288
关键词
Conspiracy beliefs; violent extremism; conspiracy mentality; self-control; self-efficacy; legal cynicism
资金
- European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme [758834]
This study examines the impact of conspiracy beliefs on violent extremist intentions and finds that individual characteristics such as self-efficacy, self-control, and law-relevant morality can influence this relationship. Stronger conspiracy mentality is associated with higher violent extremist intentions, particularly for individuals with lower self-control, weaker law-relevant morality, and higher self-efficacy. Conversely, individuals with stronger conspiracy beliefs but high self-control and strong law-relevant morality have lower violent extremist intentions. These findings have important implications for the assessment and management of violent extremism risks, calling for further exploration of conditional effects of specific risk and protective factors.
This study analyzes the effects of conspiracy beliefs on violent extremist intentions. More specifically, we investigate whether the relationship between conspiracy beliefs and violent extremism depends upon individual characteristics such as varying levels of self-efficacy, self-control, and law-relevant morality. Variable interactions examine where conspiracy beliefs exert strong effects on violent extremist intentions. The analysis is based on a German nationally representative survey (N= 1502). To our knowledge, it is the first and only nationally representative survey carried out in violent extremism research. Our results confirm that a stronger conspiracy mentality leads to increased violent extremist intentions. However, this relationship is contingent on several individual differences. The effects are much stronger for individuals exhibiting lower self-control, holding a weaker law-relevant morality, and scoring higher in self-efficacy. Conversely, when stronger conspiracy beliefs are held in combination with high self-control and a strong law-relevant morality, violent extremist intentions are lower. Such individual features thus constitute interactive protective factors for violent extremism. These results have important implications for practice in the area of violent extremism risk assessment and management. Conceptually, the results demonstrate the need to further elaborate the conditional effects of certain risk as well as protective factors for violent extremism.
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