Discussions that are based on religious understanding and aimed at reducing terrorists' hostility have been used as a central part of terrorist deradicalization programs in many countries where acts of Islamic terrorism are prevalent. Currently, various psychological approaches such as presenting social support and providing counseling sessions are being applied alongside religious discussions. Observers of these programs have reported benefits and positive responses to the psychological approaches, but there is still a lack of empirical evidence confirming this. In the current study, we examine the effects of two psychological interventions—emotional expression training and cognitive flexibility training—in predicting detainees’ acceptance of the idea of democratic life. We investigated the observational records taken during the psychological interventions and religious discussions. Results showed no main effect of emotional expression and cognitive flexibility in predicting one’s acceptance of democratic civil life, but there was a significant interaction between the two predictors. Among those who scored high in cognitive flexibility, detainees who scored also high in emotional expression were significantly more agreeable towards the state’s sovereignty over belief in an Islamic caliphate during religious discussions. Our findings suggest that psychological interventions do indeed offer benefits for detainees’ deradicalization programs.

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印尼监狱的反激化计划的见解：意识形态讨论之前进行心理干预的潜在好处

在许多伊斯兰恐怖主义行径盛行的国家中，基于宗教理解并旨在减少恐怖分子敌意的讨论已被用作恐怖主义根除计划的核心部分。当前，除了宗教讨论之外，还采用了各种心理方法，例如提供社会支持和提供咨询会议。这些方案的观察者已经报告了对心理学方法的好处和积极反应，但是仍然缺乏经验证据来证实这一点。在当前的研究中，我们研究了两种心理干预（情绪表达训练和认知灵活性训练）在预测被拘留者对民主生活观念的接受方面的作用。我们调查了在心理干预和宗教讨论期间采取的观察记录。结果表明，情绪表达和认知灵活性在预测一个人接受民主公民生活方面没有主要作用，但两个预测因素之间存在显着的相互作用。在认知灵活性得分高的人中，在情感表达上得分也高的被拘留者在宗教讨论期间对国家对伊斯兰哈里发的信仰拥有主权的看法明显更合意。我们的研究结果表明，心理干预确实确实为被拘留者的根除计划提供了好处。但两个预测变量之间存在显着的相互作用。在认知灵活性得分高的人中，在情感表达上得分也高的被拘留者在宗教讨论期间对国家对伊斯兰哈里发的信仰拥有主权的看法明显更合意。我们的研究结果表明，心理干预确实确实为被拘留者的根除计划提供了好处。但两个预测变量之间存在显着的相互作用。在认知灵活性得分高的人中，在情感表达上得分也高的被拘留者在宗教讨论期间对国家对伊斯兰哈里发的信仰拥有主权的看法明显更合意。我们的研究结果表明，心理干预确实确实为被拘留者的根除计划提供了好处。