Psychology of the extreme

2026/01/20 by Nichola E. J. Rew · 1 voice
Psychology · #Adventure Sports and Sensation Seeking #Outdoor and Experiential Education #Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs

paper · doi:10.1080/18335330.2025.2602432

openalex publication_date 2026/01/20 · openalex created_date 2026/01/22 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/15

Abstract

Today, rhetoric describing an individual as ‘extreme’ will commonly conjure images of one who has radical political opinions and beliefs, which results in the promotion of an ideology through viole...

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