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There are distinct psychological explanations for people being drawn to extremist ideologies
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Multiple psychological frameworks and empirical studies demonstrate that specific cognitive, emotional, and personality factors—such as the need for cognitive closure, quest for significance, ideological worldviews, and feelings of precarity—help explain why individuals are drawn to extremist ideologies.

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Of precarity and conspiracy: Introducing a socio‐functional model of conspiracy beliefs
2021 · cited by 50
Paper [0] demonstrates that subjective precarity and reduced political trust predict conspiracy beliefs linked to radicalism.
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The claim asserts that there are distinct psychological explanations for people being drawn to extremist ideologies. Numerous papers in the provided set discuss specific psychological drivers, models (such as the 3N model, significance quest, and socio-functional models), traits (authoritarianism, need for cognitive closure), and psychopathological variables (paranoia, depression) that explain extremist beliefs and actions. All relevant papers support the claim, and none refute it, leading to a SUPPORTED verdict.

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Cultural threat perceptions predict violent extremism via need for cognitive closure
2023 · cited by 24
Paper [1] shows that cultural threat perceptions drive extremism via the psychological need for cognitive closure.
Contextual and Psychological Predictors of Militant Extremist Mindset in Youth
2021 · cited by 22
Paper [2] identifies distinct psychological and contextual predictors, such as loneliness and authoritarianism, associated with an extremist mindset.
Significance Quest: A Meta-Analysis on the Association Between the Variables of the 3N Model and Violent Extremism
2023 · cited by 13
Paper [3] highlights the significance quest theory as a core psychological framework underpinning violent extremism.
Extreme overvalued beliefs and identities: revisiting the drivers of violent extremism.
2025 · cited by 1
Paper [5] argues that extreme overvalued beliefs combined with identity fusion drive individuals toward violent extremism.
The Dark Side of Ideology: Ideological Worldviews and Antidemocratic Attitudes.
2025 · cited by 1
Paper [6] links ideological worldviews and simplistic epistemologies with antidemocratic attitudes.
Beyond radicalization: the 3N model and its application to criminal attitudes in high-risk contexts.
2025 · cited by 1
Paper [7] applies the 3N model to show how the search for meaning predicts criminal and extremist attitudes through deviant networks.
Vice Explanations for Conspiracism, Fundamentalism, and Extremism.
2023 · cited by 1
Paper [8] defends character trait and vice explanations for extremism against situationist challenges.
What Does It Take to Make an Incel: The Role of Paranoid Thinking, Depression, Anxiety, and Attachment Patterns.
2024 · cited by 1
Paper [9] identifies specific psychopathological variables, such as paranoia, depression, and insecure attachment, contributing to extremist incel traits.
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