title: Suicide terrorism and post-mortem benefits.
abstract: Lankford claims that suicide terrorists are suicidal, but that their suicidal tendencies are often frustrated by injunctive social norms. Martyrdom represents a solution, and terrorist organizations exploit this. In this commentary, we claim that this argument has not been fully made and that such ideation in itself does not explain a willingness to engage in punitive actions against an enemy. We suggest the psychology of kinship as a possible missing factor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Middlesex University, London, NW4 4BT, United Kingdom. j.gray@mdx.ac.uk http://www.mdx.ac.uk/aboutus/staffdirectory/Jacqueline_Gray.asp
authors.forename: Jacqueline M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Gray
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Middlesex University, London, NW4 4BT, United Kingdom. xt.dickins@mdx.ac.uk https://dissentwithmodification.com/
authors.forename: Thomas E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Dickins
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology*; D023481:Terrorism / Q000523:psychology*