Violent radicalization continues to be a global problem. One of the main proposals for understanding radicalization and support for political violence is based on social alienation as a trigger. That is, individuals who feel alienated from society try to get out of this situation by using violence, if necessary. However, social alienation alone is not enough to explain radicalization. Therefore, we propose that social alienation interacts with other factors to foster radicalization. Particularly, we propose that obsessive passion, an internal compulsion that leads a person to engage in an activity even when they should not, is one of the interacting factors. Following previous literature, we hypothesized that higher social alienation predicts support for political violence to a greater extent the higher the obsessive passion. To test this hypothesis, we performed two studies in which the cause of passion varied (religion: N = 652 and family: N = 873). Both studies assessed social alienation, harmonious and obsessive passion, and support for political violence. The results showed a significant increase in the effect of social alienation on support for political violence when obsessive passion was higher, even controlling by harmonious passion. These results highlight the importance of considering other variables related to social alienation that could facilitate radicalization processes, particularly maintaining an obsessive passion for a cause when one feels a social disconnection. The theoretical and practical implications of these results are discussed given their contributions to prevention based on work on feelings of social disconnection and harmonization of causes.

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与激情脱节：社会疏离与强迫激情的关系

暴力激进化仍然是一个全球性问题。理解激进化和支持政治暴力的主要建议之一是以社会异化为诱因。也就是说，如果有必要，那些感到与社会疏远的人会试图通过使用暴力来摆脱这种情况。然而，仅靠社会异化还不足以解释激进化。因此，我们提出社会异化与其他因素相互作用以促进激进化。特别是，我们提出强迫性激情是一种相互作用的因素，一种导致一个人即使不应该从事某项活动的内在冲动。根据之前的文献，我们假设更高的社会异化程度预示着对政治暴力的支持程度越高，痴迷的激情越高。N = 652 和家庭：N = 873）。两项研究都评估了社会疏离、和谐和痴迷的激情，以及对政治暴力的支持。结果表明，当强迫性激情较高时，社会异化对政治暴力支持的影响显着增加，即使是由和谐激情控制。这些结果强调了考虑与社会异化相关的其他变量的重要性，这些变量可能会促进激进化过程，尤其是当一个人感到与社会脱节时，要保持对事业的痴迷热情。讨论了这些结果的理论和实践意义，因为它们对基于社会脱节感和原因协调的工作的预防做出了贡献。