Successful individual interventions mostly supplied positive support, not confrontation.

Evidence

Characteristics of Successful Interventions by Individuals Interventions by the types of individuals listed in Table 6.3 that helped focal individuals deradicalize usually (in all but three cases) provided one or more of the following positive experiences or supports: (1) diverse cultural and demographic exposure, (2) emotional support or kindness, (3) financial stability, and (4) domestic stability. For the three cases in which none of the above positive experiences or support played a role, focal individuals had specific negative experiences that pushed them away from radical movements. — 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, 399

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Direct family confrontation often backfires or has no effect on committed extremists. — 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:…, 451; Interventions by individual people helped most sampled extremists exit or deradicalize. — 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:…, 398