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8 September 2026 ・ 5 new publications
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Defensive and Offensive Intergroup Violen… ・ Self-compassion in trauma recovery ・ Eating disorders ・ Mindfulness ・ Tattoo coverage and maladaptive personali…
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Defensive and Offensive Intergroup Violence (Viol…
K. Bernaerts | 2026
| Vol. 8
Using survey data from Belgium and the UK (N=2,000), the study separates dislike, social distance, and negative emotions within horizontal affective polarization and finds that political intolerance is mainly driven by social distance, while support for violence
operates almost entirely via intense negative emotions (hate, anger, frustration) rather than mere dislike.
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Why it matters
For research on defensive and offensive intergroup violence, this implies that intense negative emotions (hate/anger) ― not simple dislike ― are the primary pathway to support for violence, so prevention should focus on reducing emotional intensity and social
exclusion.
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Defensive and Offensive Intergroup Violence (Viol…
S. Niazi | 2026
| Vol. 16, Issue 8
The authors propose a hypothesized neural integration model linking prestige-related learning and pride to status, identity, and modern polarization by grouping five overlapping processing categories―valuation, reward-learning, self/identity, threat/salience,
and neuroendocrine output―and mapping them to large-scale brain networks. They offer nine preregisterable study designs and intervention targets while emphasizing that claims are hypothesis-generating, correlational, and limited by reverse inference and WEIRD
samples.
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Why it matters
For researchers on violent extremism, this framework highlights how prestige-driven social learning and status signaling can fuel identity-based polarization and ideological hostility, suggesting neural/network mechanisms and empirical designs to study recruitment,
escalation, and targeted interventions.
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Defensive and Offensive Intergroup Violence (Viol…
U. Schmid | 2026
The dissertation shows that far-right actors use humorous hate speech in text-image memes on mainstream platforms like Telegram and that such content can reach broader, non-radical audiences. Reception studies found humorous framing often leads to lighter,
more benign perceptions―especially among young, frequent users with negative predispositions or cavalier humor beliefs.
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Why it matters
Because humor lowers perceived harm and increases acceptance among receptive audiences, it can facilitate the mainstreaming of extremist violence and is therefore crucial for researchers of defensive and offensive intergroup violence to monitor and counter.
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Self-compassion in trauma recovery
L. Dou, H. Shen & J. Dou et al. | 2026
Researchers identified three distinct compassion-fatigue subgroups among 297 psychiatric nurses―Mild Fatigue-Traumatic Stress (18.5%), Moderate Fatigue-Low Burnout (64%), and Severe Fatigue (17.5%)―and found that older age, higher work stress and negative coping
predicted more severe profiles while higher social support, positive coping, greater psychological resilience and not working night shifts were protective.
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Why it matters
For someone studying self-compassion in trauma recovery, the results suggest that strengthening self-compassion-related resources (resilience, positive coping) and social support could be a targeted way to prevent or reduce severe compassion fatigue in trauma-exposed
clinicians.
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Self-compassion in trauma recovery
S. Andreasen | 2026
A phenomenological study of 11 organ and tissue recovery professionals identified five themes―secondary trauma from exposure to death, burnout and emotional exhaustion, compassion fatigue, a sense of purpose, and the role of organizational support―showing frequent
traumatic exposure and high emotional demands shaped by workplace factors.
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Why it matters
For a researcher on self-compassion in trauma recovery, the findings suggest self-compassion interventions, paired with organizational support, could reduce compassion fatigue and burnout among professionals exposed to death and improve both wellbeing and patient
outcomes.
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