To what extent is in-group affiliation motive and group-based positive emotions associated with the level of extremism?
This study aims to investigate whether in-group affiliation motive and group-based positive emotions are associated with the level of extremism. Three hypotheses were proposed: 1) the level of in-group affiliation motive has a significant positive correlation with the level of extremism; 2) the l...
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| author | Chua, Karie Sing Ying |
| author2 | Ring Joyce Pang Shu Min |
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| description | This study aims to investigate whether in-group affiliation motive and group-based positive
emotions are associated with the level of extremism. Three hypotheses were proposed: 1) the
level of in-group affiliation motive has a significant positive correlation with the level of
extremism; 2) the level of group-based positive emotions has a significant positive correlation
with the level of extremism; and 3) the level of in-group affiliation motive and group-based
positive emotions has a significant interaction effect on the level of extremism. The sample
for this study consisted of two terrorist groups, Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)
and the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS). Measures of in-group affiliation motive and
group-based positive emotions were collected from 13 Inspire magazines as well as 23 Dabiq
and Rumiyah magazines published by AQAP and ISIS respectively. A multinomial logistic
regression analysis was then conducted to analyse the relationship between the categorical
dependent variable (level of extremism) and the independent variables (in-group affiliation
motive and group-based positive emotions). Results showed no support for all three
hypotheses for both AQAP and ISIS, indicating that there might either be other factors at play
affecting the level of extremism such as power motive or due to the inherent nature of the
sample data collected being incomplete. However, this study can still contribute to
preliminary insights in the less-researched field of the relationship between implicit motives,
emotions, and terrorism and can potentially be deployed to make counter-terrorism efforts
more effective. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1663752023-04-30T15:32:09Z To what extent is in-group affiliation motive and group-based positive emotions associated with the level of extremism? Chua, Karie Sing Ying Ring Joyce Pang Shu Min School of Social Sciences JoycePang@ntu.edu.sg Social sciences::Psychology This study aims to investigate whether in-group affiliation motive and group-based positive emotions are associated with the level of extremism. Three hypotheses were proposed: 1) the level of in-group affiliation motive has a significant positive correlation with the level of extremism; 2) the level of group-based positive emotions has a significant positive correlation with the level of extremism; and 3) the level of in-group affiliation motive and group-based positive emotions has a significant interaction effect on the level of extremism. The sample for this study consisted of two terrorist groups, Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS). Measures of in-group affiliation motive and group-based positive emotions were collected from 13 Inspire magazines as well as 23 Dabiq and Rumiyah magazines published by AQAP and ISIS respectively. A multinomial logistic regression analysis was then conducted to analyse the relationship between the categorical dependent variable (level of extremism) and the independent variables (in-group affiliation motive and group-based positive emotions). Results showed no support for all three hypotheses for both AQAP and ISIS, indicating that there might either be other factors at play affecting the level of extremism such as power motive or due to the inherent nature of the sample data collected being incomplete. However, this study can still contribute to preliminary insights in the less-researched field of the relationship between implicit motives, emotions, and terrorism and can potentially be deployed to make counter-terrorism efforts more effective. Bachelor of Social Sciences in Psychology 2023-04-26T01:03:46Z 2023-04-26T01:03:46Z 2023 Final Year Project (FYP) Chua, K. S. Y. (2023). To what extent is in-group affiliation motive and group-based positive emotions associated with the level of extremism?. Final Year Project (FYP), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/166375 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/166375 en application/pdf Nanyang Technological University |
| spellingShingle | Social sciences::Psychology Chua, Karie Sing Ying To what extent is in-group affiliation motive and group-based positive emotions associated with the level of extremism? |
| title | To what extent is in-group affiliation motive and group-based positive emotions associated with the level of extremism? |
| title_full | To what extent is in-group affiliation motive and group-based positive emotions associated with the level of extremism? |
| title_fullStr | To what extent is in-group affiliation motive and group-based positive emotions associated with the level of extremism? |
| title_full_unstemmed | To what extent is in-group affiliation motive and group-based positive emotions associated with the level of extremism? |
| title_short | To what extent is in-group affiliation motive and group-based positive emotions associated with the level of extremism? |
| title_sort | to what extent is in group affiliation motive and group based positive emotions associated with the level of extremism |
| topic | Social sciences::Psychology |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/166375 |
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