TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - Persuasive narratives and costly actions
JO  - Terrorism and political violence
A1  - Zahedzadeh, Giti
A1  - Barraza, Jorge A.
A1  - Zak, Paul J.
SP  - 160
EP  - 172
VL  - 29
IS  - 1
N2  - Persuasive narratives can induce some individuals to engage in costly actions. Entrepreneurs of suicide missions frame the necessity of violent behavior within the context of persuasive narratives to attract potential recruits. Herein we report results from an experiment to test factors involved with costly action linked to a persuasive narrative. We recruited 164 participants (M = 21, SD = 5.20) and measured hormones, electrodermal activity, and personality to predict who would be influenced by the narrative's message. We found that the persuasive narrative we tested resulted in costly action by those who are high-perspective takers and are more physiologically aroused by the narrative. The findings fill lacunae in the literature, providing a novel approach to examine costly behavior (like martyrdom missions) in the laboratory.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0954-6553
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09546553.2015.1005077
ID  - ref1
ER  -