Personal uncertainty, perceived injustice, and group threat jointly drive radicalization

Evidence

Bertjan Doosje, Annemarie Loseman, and Kees Van Den Bos, “Determinants of Radicalization of Islamic Youth in The Netherlands: Personal Uncertainty, Perceived Injustice, and Perceived Group Threat,” Journal of Social Issues 69, no. 3 (2013): 586–604. — Lea Echelmeyer, Anne-Marie Slotboom, and Frank Weerman, The Putative Effect of Identity on…, 267

Categorization

• XREF: Directly operationalizes the uncertainty-identity mechanism (Hogg) alongside injustice and group threat — a core study for the negative-identity cross-check. — connects to: Rising uncertainty across identity boundaries amplifies and sharpens collective violence — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 775; Negative life events predispose but never alone cause radicalization — Ryan Andrew Brown, Todd C. Helmus, Rajeev Ramchand, Alina I. Palimaru, Sarah Weilant, Ashley L. Rhoades, and Liisa Hiatt (RAND Corporation), Violent Extremism in America:…, 56; Radicalization risk factors span individual to societal levels simultaneously — Ryan Andrew Brown, Todd C. Helmus, Rajeev Ramchand, Alina I. Palimaru, Sarah Weilant, Ashley L. Rhoades, and Liisa Hiatt (RAND Corporation), Violent Extremism in America:…, 115 (+7 more)