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Live free and die: Expanding the terror management health model for pandemics to account for psychological reactance

Social & Personality Psychology Compass, 2021
According to the terror management health model (TMHM), life-threatening health conditions have the potential to make people think about death, which triggers anxiety and motivates people to engage in defensive behaviors that may or may not facilitate ...
John D. Dimoff   +3 more
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The Psychology of Suicide Terrorism

Psychiatry: Interpersonal and Biological Processes, 2009
This paper reviews current understandings of the psychology of suicide terrorism for psychiatrists and other mental health professionals to help them better understand this terrifying phenomenon. After discussing key concepts and definitions, the paper reviews both group and individual models for explaining the development of suicide terrorists, with ...
Jerrold M, Post   +5 more
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Psychology of Terrorism

2002
Responding directly to 9/11, an outstanding interdisciplinary group of academics, clinicians, and activists from around the world united to produce this clear exploration of terrorism. Contributors, including Pulitzer Prize-winner Dr. John E. Mack, present an enormous range of terror-related factors in this important multivolume set.
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A psychology of terrorism?

Forensic Update, 2007
Psychological perspectives on understanding terrorism from the perspective of the perpetrators are, at present, limited, obscure and wholly underdeveloped. This short paper addresses what a ‘psychology of terrorism’ currently implies in this regard, and suggests how a more nuanced focus can help shape future research efforts, providing a number of ...
Shahid Bux, John Horgan
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Issue of mobbing as psychological terror in the workplace

Glavvrač (Chief Medical Officer)
The author examines the causes and forms of mobbing in a professional team, the phases of its development, and mobbing prevention. Organizational and managerial means of preventing mobbing in professional teams are outlined.
S. Babanov
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The Staircase to Terrorism: A Psychological Exploration

American Psychologist, 2005
To foster a more in-depth understanding of the psychological processes leading to terrorism, the author conceptualizes the terrorist act as the final step on a narrowing staircase. Although the vast majority of people, even when feeling deprived and unfairly treated, remain on the ground floor, some individuals climb up and are eventually recruited ...
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The Psychological Impact of the October 7 Hamas Terror Attack on Jewish and Arab Emerging Adults in Israel.

International Journal of Psychology
The Hamas terror attack on October 7, 2023, and the subsequent 'Iron Swords' war represent a profound national tragedy in Israeli history. Emerging Adults (EAs) aged 18-30 constitute a vulnerable group due to an inherent lack of social and economic ...
Avital Laufer   +3 more
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Sex Differences in Psychological Distress Following the October 7th Terror Attack in Israel

Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma
The unprecedented terrorist attack of October 7th, 2023, that brutally impacted Israel underscores the importance of identifying at-risk populations for psychological burden.
Y. Levi-Belz   +4 more
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Terror Management Theory and Psychological Disorder

Handbook of Terror Management Theory, 2019
Thirty years of research has supported terror management theory (TMT) claims that people manage the potential for anxiety caused by human awareness of the inevitability of death with an anxiety-buffering system consisting of cultural worldviews, self ...
Andrea M. Yetzer, T. Pyszczynski
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Feminization of Terror: Psychological Analysis of the Role of Women in Terrorist Structures

Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, 2019
Feminization of terror is a significant issue in the light of its etiology, scale, and effects. Moreover, it is a social problem that arose in psychology, sociology, cultural anthropology, and politics.
M. Bodziany   +1 more
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