Laura Blanco- Psychology
- Predoctoral researcher at National University of Distance Education
Laura Blanco
- Psychology
- Predoctoral researcher at National University of Distance Education
Predoctoral Researcher at Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Social Psychology Department
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September 2014 - June 2019
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If the consequences of identity fusion are well established, its psychological antecedents are not. To address this shortcoming, eight studies tested the hypothesis that self-verification (receiving evaluations that confirm one’s self-views) increases fusion (a synergistic union with a group, individual, or cause), which, in turn, increases behavio...
Imagine that you are a researcher interested in disentangling the underlying mechanisms that motivate certain individuals to self-sacrifice for a group or an ideology. Now, visualize that you are one of a few privileged that have the possibility of interviewing people who have been involved in some of the most dramatic terrorist attacks in history....
The interest for disentangling the pathways to violent radicalization is one of the main areas of attention nowadays. However, investigations including data from terrorists is marginal, particularly in the case of women. Here we offer an empirical contribution to this shortage. Twenty-five Muslims females incarcerated in Spanish prisons because of...
Is terrorism just another form of criminal activity, as many nations' justice systems assume? We offer an initial answer using face-to-face interviews and structured surveys in thirty-five Spanish prisons. Recent theories of extreme sacrifice inform this direct observational and comparative study. Islamist terrorists display levels of self-sacrific...
Introducción El terrorismo yihadista continúa siendo una de las principales preocupaciones de la sociedad occidental, así como una temática recurrente en la política europea. En los últimos años se han llevado a cabo numerosos estudios sobre los procesos de la radicalización violenta, aumentado el interés por el uso de las narrativas. Este tipo de...
Realizamos un estudio con los siguientes objetivos: 1) examinar si existen diferencias entre hombres y mujeres en la fusión con su propio género, con el opuesto, con los heterosexuales y con los homosexuales, y 2) explorar la relación entre fusión y actitudes hacia la homosexualidad.
La literatura actual y los instrumentos de valoración del riesgo existentes consideran las conductas suicidas previas del autor de feminicidio como un factor de riesgo importante. El presente estudio tiene como objetivo identificar si los indicadores de suicidio previos en el agresor pueden ser factores de riesgo de feminicidio y de reincidencia en...
