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ow to prevent violent radicalisation is a question society is wrestling with. Latest research into the impact of mindfulness on vulnerabilities shows how it could act as an effective addition to prevention strategies.


Research indicates lacking a sense of significance in life can increase one’s risk of being violently radicalised.


Mindfulness has been demonstrated to foster a sense of significance in life.


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Investigating the efficacy of mindfulness interventions to reduce vulnerabilities to violent radicalisation could be a proactive approach to preventing terrorism.


Definition of Mindfulness: Mindfulness is the capacity to actively focus one’s attention and awareness on one’s thoughts, feelings, and experience of the present moment. It is a mental state as well as an ancient meditative practice. Practicing mindfulness is to exercise receptive and non-judgmental thought on a moment-by-moment basis, in order to attain higher dispositional mindfulness.


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