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AcknowledgementsI wish to express my gratitude to my colleagues Fernando Reinares and Carola Garcia-Calvo for their support in conducting this research, and for their comments and suggestions, which have helped to improve my research. This study has also benefited from the comments from reviewers, as well as from participants at the Annual Event that the International Society for Political Psychology organized in Athens in July 2022, where a draft of this article was presented. I would also like to thank the jury of the Council for European Studies (CES) Radicalism and Violence Early Career Researcher Best Paper Prize for selecting an earlier version of this paper as the winner of its 2022 edition.

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Terrorist Participation Despite Social Influences Opposing Violent Extremism: A Qualitative Study among Young Jihadists in Spain

Publicated to:Studies In Conflict & Terrorism. - 2022-11-30 (), DOI: 10.1080/1057610X.2022.2151094

Authors: Vicente Á

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Real Inst Elcano, Madrid, Spain - Author
Univ Rey Juan Carlos, Fac Ciencias Jurid & Polit, Madrid 28032, Spain - Author
Univ Rey Juan Carlos, Fac Ciencias Jurid & Polit, Madrid, Spain - Author

Abstract

This article uses a sample of 11 juveniles involved in jihadism in Spain to analyze how they experienced and resisted disagreement with members of their personal networks. Drawing on data from interviews, criminal proceedings, and oral trials, the study provides support for a theoretical framework that holds that: (1) opposing ties attempt to leverage informational and normative forms of influence (confrontation of perspectives, exposure to warnings, and application of pressures and constraints) to induce attitudinal change, and that (2) these mechanisms are countered through cognitive and social resistance strategies (contestation, selective social exposure, and circumvention). The research suggests how social disagreement can counterintuitively contribute to mobilizing young people for political violence.

Keywords

Collective actionCommunicationConflictConsequencesContextDisagreementHeterogeneityNetworksRadicalization

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Studies In Conflict & Terrorism due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2022, it was in position 39/96, thus managing to position itself as a Q2 (Segundo Cuartil), in the category International Relations. Notably, the journal is positioned en el Cuartil Q2 para la agencia Scopus (SJR) en la categoría Political Science and International Relations.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from the Field Citation Ratio (FCR) of the Dimensions source, it yields a value of: 1.9, which indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: Dimensions Aug 2025)

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-08-05:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 4.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 6 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 21.95.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 31 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (Vicente Palazón, Álvaro) and Last Author (Vicente Palazón, Álvaro).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been Vicente Palazón, Álvaro.