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Predicting Harm Among Incels (Involuntary Celibates): The Roles of Mental Health, Ideological Belief and Social Networking

Joe Whittaker Orcid Logo, Andrew Thomas Orcid Logo, William Costello

Swansea University Authors: Joe Whittaker Orcid Logo, Andrew Thomas Orcid Logo

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Incels are a sub-culture community of men who forge a sense of identity around their perceivedinability to form sexual or romantic relationships. In recent years, there has been a small, butgrowing, number of violent attacks that have been attributed to individuals who identify asincels. The purpose...

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Published: UK Governement Commission for Countering Extremism (UK Home Office) 2024
Online Access: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/65cdf458130549000c867a83/140224+SISNET+Incel+Report.pdf
URI: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa65641
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Abstract: Incels are a sub-culture community of men who forge a sense of identity around their perceivedinability to form sexual or romantic relationships. In recent years, there has been a small, butgrowing, number of violent attacks that have been attributed to individuals who identify asincels. The purpose of this study was to use a large sample of incels from the UK and US toestablish (a) their demographic make-up; (b) the consistency of their attitudes and beliefs; (c)their adherence to a common world view, (d) how they network with other incels; (e) whetherthere are cross-cultural differences between incels from the UK and US in the above; andfinally, whether there is a predictive relationship between incel mental health, networking andideology and the extent of their harmful attitudes and beliefs.
Item Description: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/65cdf458130549000c867a83/140224+SISNET+Incel+Report.pdf
Keywords: Incel; extremism; mental health; neurodiversity; terrorism
College: Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences
Funders: Commission for Countering Extremism (UK Home Office)

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