http://mypersonality.org/research/2010/07/19/personality-and-extremism/ Research findings from the My Personality social network application. Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:08:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://mypersonality.org/research/2010/07/19/personality-and-extremism/comment-page-1/#comment-14386 melvin Thu, 07 Oct 2010 08:49:14 +0000 http://mypersonality.org/research/?p=126#comment-14386 Extremism is a form of antisocial behaviour that is less well understood. It is not ’caused’ by poverty or ignorance, and we know little about how personality might influence the development of extremist attitudes. In our pilot study, a set of extremist attitudes were used to develop an Ideological Opinions Scale, derived from an analysis of 933 Hezbollah Militia interviews that looked for common themes. The attitudes appeared to cluster around four dimensions: fanatical zealousness, alienated alternativism, dogmatic individualism, and destructive terrorism. Additional research is required before using this scale in practice, because some of the attitudes appeared to show strong gender differences. Extremism is a form of antisocial behaviour that is less well understood. It is not ’caused’ by poverty or ignorance, and we know little about how personality might influence the development of extremist attitudes. In our pilot study, a set of extremist attitudes were used to develop an Ideological Opinions Scale, derived from an analysis of 933 Hezbollah Militia interviews that looked for common themes. The attitudes appeared to cluster around four dimensions: fanatical zealousness, alienated alternativism, dogmatic individualism, and destructive terrorism. Additional research is required before using this scale in practice, because some of the attitudes appeared to show strong gender differences.

]]> http://mypersonality.org/research/2010/07/19/personality-and-extremism/comment-page-1/#comment-14332 David Wed, 11 Aug 2010 13:39:21 +0000 http://mypersonality.org/research/?p=126#comment-14332 <a href="#comment-14331" rel="nofollow">@wyeth marquez </a> You are welcome to contact us with your specific questions and we'll pass them onto Gareth and perhaps answer them here too if they're of general interest. @wyeth marquez
You are welcome to contact us with your specific questions and we’ll pass them onto Gareth and perhaps answer them here too if they’re of general interest.

]]> http://mypersonality.org/research/2010/07/19/personality-and-extremism/comment-page-1/#comment-14331 wyeth marquez Wed, 11 Aug 2010 13:35:36 +0000 http://mypersonality.org/research/?p=126#comment-14331 want to know a lot more want to know a lot more

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