Posts Tagged ‘non-ideological extremism’
The Psychology of Nothing – Understanding the Pathway to Nihilistic Extremism: Adolescence, Trauma, and a Public Health Model for Prevention
Caroline Ewing and Anne Speckhard Abstract In recent years, adolescents who experience trauma, social marginalization, and other developmental vulnerabilities have been increasingly exposed to online environments that encourage radicalization into fluid, non-ideological forms of nihilistic violent extremism (NVE). Current counter-extremism approaches often rely on ideology-centered frameworks, while overlooking the underlying psychosocial factors that make…
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