ORCID Profile
0000-0003-4801-6821
Current Organisations
University of Glasgow
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University Of Strathclyde
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Date: 12-06-2017
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 20-03-2017
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2020
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 28-10-2020
Publisher: The Royal Society
Date: 22-02-2021
Abstract: People form political attitudes to serve psychological needs. Recent research shows that some in iduals have a strong desire to incite chaos when they perceive themselves to be marginalized by society. These in iduals tend to see chaos as a way to invert the power structure and gain social status in the process. Analysing data drawn from large-scale representative surveys conducted in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States, we identify the prevalence of Need for Chaos across Anglo-Saxon societies. Using Latent Profile Analysis, we explore whether different subtypes underlie the uni-dimensional construct and find evidence that some people may be motivated to seek out chaos because they want to rebuild society, while others enjoy destruction for its own sake. We demonstrate that chaos-seekers are not a unified political group but a ergent set of malcontents. Multiple pathways can lead in iduals to ‘want to watch the world burn’. This article is part of the theme issue ‘The political brain: neurocognitive and computational mechanisms’.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 31-01-2022
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 04-05-2014
Location: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Location: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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