Die Person-Umwelt Hypothese der Situational Action Theory und gewalttätiger Extremismus : ein Teilprüfungsversuch

Ondertitel:The person-environment hypothesis of situational action theory and violent extremism : a partial examination attempt

The present study examines the interaction between specific measures of propensity to violent extremism and cumulative online exposure to extremist moral norms to explain individual differences in violent extremism. While a stable interaction effect between the disposition to crime as an alternative to acting and criminogenic exposure was demonstrated in the explanation of delinquency among young adolescents, this interaction effect among young adults and with regard to political or religious motivated violence was not explicitly investigated in any previous study. This study expands the existing literature by examining a key proposition of the Situational Action Theory (SAT), namely the situational person-environment hypothesis (PEA hypothesis). According to SAT, violent extremism occurs when a person prone to violent extremism ("propensity to violent extremism") and a violent extremist environment ("exposure to radicalizing settings") meet. This study examines the interaction between three types of extremist dispositions (left-wing extremist disposition, nationalist-separatist extremist disposition, and religious extremist disposition) and the cumulative exposure to violent extremist online settings. We use a combined survey of school students and an internet survey of young adults in Belgium (N = 6,020). The results support the hypothesis that the effect of disposition depends on cumulative extremist exposure. The results are stable across specific operationalizations of propensity. The meaning of these results for further research is discussed.

Jaar van publicatie:2021

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