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    Representative Analysis of Family and Social Factors of Radicalization in Youth in Slovakia
    (Ostravská univerzita, 2024) Lichner, Vladimír; Lovašová, Soňa; Hovanová, Magdaléna; Tóthová, Lucia; Šiňanská, Katarína; Lovašová, Soňa
    In recent years, due to cultural, societal, and economic circumstances against the backdrop of societal globalization, the issue of radicalization has become increasingly pertinent. Radicalization is perceived as a long-term, multifactorial process involving the adoption of views, values, behavioural patterns, and influences by individuals or social groups, culminating in a willingness and determination to engage in specific antisocial behaviours. In this sense, we consider it a significant, albeit not synonymous, concept, alongside extremism. Extremism is characterized by the conviction and actions of individuals who support or employ violence to achieve ideological, religious, or political goals. Many texts refer to this phenomenon as violent extremism. However, we believe that extremism can also manifest covertly, in the adherence to ideas and values propagated by a violent ideology, albeit without objectively observable manifestations. Therefore, in this monograph, we use the term extremism without the connotation of violence, although we acknowledge the concept of violent extremism as referred to in the literature. All population groups are to some extent vulnerable to the division and occurrence of this phenomenon. However, the scope of this monograph and the authors’ focus is primarily on adolescents, whom we consider one of the most vulnerable groups. This corresponds with the conclusions of other theorists who view adolescents as a risky population due to their formative stage of personality development and internalization of radical values associated with uncritical adoption of various opinions and behavioural patterns. These phenomena occur as a result of multiple influencing factors, among which those stemming from social functioning and social networks, particularly factors arising from family environment and social engagement, are considered most significant. The aim of this monograph is to elucidate the issue of radicalization and its process within the target group of adolescents, specifically analysing the social factors that the authorial collective, in line with scholarly literature, deems most significant. In addition to the broader definition of radicalization with a focus on it as a process, each chapter describes family factors and social factors related to engagement in social relationships — various types of relational bonds and social isolation. The categorization of factors follows their theoretical classification based on the “push-pull” theory of their influence. In addition to theoretical descriptions, findings are supplemented with representative research on the population of Slovak adolescents and a common methodological basis outlining procedures for methodological processing. This monograph is the culmination of several years of scientific work by the authorial collective. The methods used to identify factors described in this monograph have undergone prior validation on smaller research samples. As the authorial collective, we believe that this work will contribute insights and information essential for theoreticians and practitioners in helping professions to consider in theoretical, preventive, and intervention contexts.