This qualitative study aims to explore the personal experience of former prisoners jailed for terrorism-related offenses in Indonesia who have reported or have been reported as having deradicalised or disengaged from violent extremism. The participants were interviewed about their experiences of deradicalisation and disengagement and the perceived implication of the experiences on their identities. Data were collected through semistructured interviews and analysed using a thematic analysis. The results show that most participants reported that they experience identity threats because of their status as former terrorist prisoners from former comrades as well as from the wider society. The threats were said to have impacted negatively upon their positive sense of self; thus, they invoked the strategies to cope with the threats. While participants’ strategies to cope with former jihadist comrades’ threats operated in the intrapersonal level, their strategies to alleviate the threats from wider society occur in the interpersonal level. This study found that most participants re-evaluate their past experiences positively and even utilised them as a part of their present identities primarily when they dealt with former comrades’ criticisms. To resist the wider society’s stigma and suspicion, they concealed their identity as a former terrorist prisoner while, at the same time, bolstered their personal characteristics in terms of interpersonal relationships.

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消除激进主义和从恐怖主义与威胁转移到身份认同：前圣战囚徒叙述的分析

这项定性研究的目的是探究在印度尼西亚因恐怖主义相关罪行被判入狱的前囚犯的个人经历，这些囚犯已经报告或据报已彻底根除暴力极端主义或脱离暴力极端主义。受访者接受了关于他们的激进和脱离接触的经历以及这些经历对其身份的感知影响的访谈。通过半结构化访谈收集数据，并使用主题分析进行分析。结果表明，大多数参与者报告说，由于身为前战友以及整个社会的前恐怖主义囚徒，他们遭受身份威胁。据说这些威胁对其积极的自我意识产生了负面影响；因此，他们调用了应对威胁的策略。参与者应对前圣战同志的威胁的策略是在人际层面发挥作用的，而缓解来自更广泛社会的威胁的策略却是在人际层面上发生的。这项研究发现，大多数参与者主要是在与前同志的批评打交道时，对自己的过去经历进行积极的重新评估，甚至将其用作当前身份的一部分。为了抵制更广泛的社会的污名和怀疑，他们隐瞒了自己曾经是恐怖主义囚犯的身份，同时，在人际关系方面加强了自己的个性。这项研究发现，大多数参与者主要是在与前同志的批评打交道时，对自己的过去经历进行积极的重新评估，甚至将其用作当前身份的一部分。为了抵制更广泛的社会的污名和怀疑，他们隐瞒了自己曾经是恐怖主义囚犯的身份，同时，在人际关系方面加强了自己的个性。这项研究发现，大多数参与者主要是在与前同志的批评打交道时，对自己的过去经历进行积极的重新评估，甚至将其用作当前身份的一部分。为了抵制更广泛的社会的污名和怀疑，他们隐瞒了自己曾经是恐怖主义囚犯的身份，同时，在人际关系方面加强了自己的个性。