A Research Review on Psychological Aspects of Extreme Behavior

Abstract

This paper comprises three broad sections. The first discusses and reviews psychological approaches to the identification and definition of terrorism, including its consequences, violence associated with it, the relationship between terrorism and mental health, and the notion of state and non-state terrorism. Different types of terrorism are identified, and a list of the elements which may constitute the boundaries of terrorism are presented. The second section of the report reviews the psychological literature on terrorism, examining the concept of terrorist motivation, the psychological profiling of terrorists, and psychological accounts of the process of terrorism, to include the concept of identification, and the influence of the group. The third section introduces and develops a behavioral approach to the analysis of terrorism, and indicates avenues for future research.

Open PDF

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1987
Accession Number
ADA179860

Entities

People

  • Maxwell Taylor

Organizations

  • University College Cork

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Cyber
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cognition
  • Crime
  • Criminal Investigations
  • Criminal Justice System
  • Ethnic Groups
  • Families (Human)
  • Human Behavior
  • Human Population
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personality
  • Political Ideologies
  • Psychological Phenomena And Processes
  • Psychology
  • Societies
  • Terrorism
  • Terrorists
  • Violence

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Psychological Intervention/Treatment for Stress, Anxiety, PTSD, and Related Emotional and Cognitive Health Symptoms.
  • Strategic Security Studies
  • Theoretical Analysis.