Understanding the motivations, intentions, and capabilities of terror organizations is highly important to understanding and assessing the risk they present, and to implement effective counter-terror measures. Currently, research of terror organizations consists of designated areas such as economy, security, cyber, and media. Despite ample research on the psychology of the individual terrorist, research regarding the terror organization as a group entity is scarce. The present paper thus presents an exploratory typology, based on both individual and group psychology, which is designed to provide a psychological assessment of terror organizations. Applying a deductive thematic analysis approach, the profiles of three terror organizations: Hezbollah, Hamas, and IS, were analyzed using a five-dimension typology. The data relating to the three organizations was based on two main sources. First, academic journals and official releases by Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), and second, official publications in Arabic by the organizations themselves. Results show different profiles for the three organizations in terms of their psychological maturity. We propose that different approaches to countering terrorism may be considered based on each organization's unique profile.

理解恐怖组织的动机，意图和能力对于理解和评估其存在的风险以及实施有效的反恐措施非常重要。当前，恐怖组织的研究包括经济，安全，网络和媒体等指定领域。尽管对恐怖分子的个人心理进行了大量研究，但关于恐怖组织作为一个团体实体的研究却很少。因此，本文提出了一种基于个人和团体心理学的探索性类型学，旨在为恐怖组织提供心理评估。应用演绎性主题分析方法，使用五维类型分析了三个恐怖组织的真相：真主党，哈马斯和伊斯兰国。与这三个组织有关的数据基于两个主要来源。首先是非政府组织（NGO）的学术期刊和官方发行，其次是组织本身以阿拉伯语发布的官方出版物。结果显示，这三个组织的心理成熟度不同。我们建议，可以根据每个组织的独特形象考虑不同的反恐方法。