Radicalisation
the tendency of individuals or groups to take extreme political positions or make radical decisions as a result of strong emotions, a sense of injustice, and strong ideological convictions. Political psychology studies this concept in order to understand the drivers of extremism, the mechanisms of the formation of extreme attitudes and their impact on collective behavior, with a particular focus on conflict prevention and resolution strategies and policies that can lead to the escalation of extremism. In political psychology, radicalization is seen as a behavioral and emotional pattern associated with a sense of injustice and strong emotions. The analysis of causes and motives is carried out by social and political psychologists, such as Sidanius and Pratto (1999), who studied social dominance and the justification of extreme positions; Jost et al. (2003), who studied conservative and extremist psychology, with a particular focus on emotional and ideological factors.