Organizational screening, not just disposition, filters out mentally ill recruits

Evidence

A possible reason for the apparently small numbers of pathologically ill individuals among the ranks of terrorists is that most terrorist organizations, as conspiratorial undergrounds, are careful about whom they recruit. Centralized, efficient organizations screen out potential members who could be dangerous to the survival of the group. This practical rule of organizational security and maintenance excludes the person of unpredictable or uncontrolled behavior. In less hierarchical organizations, those with a loose structure and relaxed central direction in the anarchist model, there is less control over membership. — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 4090

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Terrorist groups’ screening practices filter out mentally unstable recruits — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 4090; Underground organizations screen out mentally unstable recruits; Violence-prone individuals are selectively recruited into destructive organizations (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Terrorist groups’ screening practices filter out mentally unstable recruits #corroborates (0.95) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 4090
• Terrorist groups actively screen out emotionally unstable recruits as security risks #exemplifies (0.92)
• Underground organizations screen out mentally unstable recruits #corroborates (0.90)
• Violence-prone individuals are selectively recruited into destructive organizations #complicates (0.75)
• The Berkeley authoritarianism study recruited almost exclusively from formal organizational members #exemplifies (0.72) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 576