ПPsychological mechanisms of formation of destructive attitudes of a person when involved in terrorist organizations

the author has carried out a comparative analysis of various points of view on the psychological mechanisms of the formation of destructive attitudes of a person when involved in terrorist organizations. Various methods of recruitment for involvement in terrorist organizations are described. – recruitment carried out through the face-to-face participation of a representative of a sect or terrorist organization in public places, in transport, on the territory of universities, at exhibitions, and recruitment carried out by a representative of a terrorist organization remotely through the use of the Internet telecommunications network using methods of information influence (using the example of the extremist terrorist organization ISIS), including through the creation of a media space, broadcasting inculcated ideas, attitudes and values, organizing personal communication through the use of social networks. Regardless of the form of exposure – in the form of personal communication or the organization of exposure through means and methods of informational influence, the starting point of recruitment is to attract the attention of a potential victim of exposure. Attracting the attention of the recruiter is carried out using conversation methods with the personal participation of the recruiter or through the use of information channels using the Internet communication network. Information that can be obtained through the Internet communication network can inspire confidence in a potential victim of exposure due to the fact that the Internet has become a substitute for classical information acquisition tools. Potential victims of exposure from the ISIS terrorist organization are young people who spend 8 hours or more a day in the media space, which increases the likelihood of information exposure.

psychological portrait, personality orientation, international terrorist organization, ISIL international terrorist organization, motive, need, life goal, life orientations, values, attitudes, psychological influence, psychological impact, destructive personality attitudes, mechanism of formation of personality attitudes, social motive of influence, cultural and psychological motive of influence, spiritual crisis, social networks, the Internet communication network, the composition of the risk group – those exposed to the destructive influence of a terrorist organization