Objective Although violent extremism is often attributed to clinical (dysfunctional)
dispositions, it is also possible that violent Jihadists might be clinically “normal” but bear …

Motivated by theoretical accounts positing that participation in intergroup conflict is driven by
a desire to promote the in-group, past studies have explored the link between prosocial …

Background With increasing gaps between the rich and poor, potential risk factors for class
conflict have attracted increasing attention from researchers. Although cognitive factors are …

The scope of threats to human security at the dawn of the 21st century is daunting.
Terrorism, weapons of mass destruction, nuclear proliferation, failed states, ideological …

Theories of intergroup relations developed in social psychology provide vital clues into the
understanding of political violence and the need to go beyond an individualistic psychology …

Deadly terrorist attacks under the name of Islam have been devastating for the people all
over the world including those living in Western countries, Muslims and non-Muslims alike …

In this chapter, we first present a new model of the role of group relative deprivation in the
explanation of Islamist radicalism. This model received empirical support in a series of …

Something very unusual occurred on January 11, 2015, with the largest human gathering
ever recorded on the streets of France and all over France (Boussaguet and Faucher 2017; …

Acts of right-wing reactionary extremism against members of disadvantaged societal groups
now pose the biggest terrorist threats in Western democracies (2021 Hate Crime Statistics) …

In terms of interventions seeking to solve a social problem, three types of prevention can be
distinguished: primary, secondary, and tertiary preventions (Adam-Troïan et al. 2023). For …