The topic of this final paper is the presentation of a wide range of effects that are present in the layered process of radicalization. The process of radicalization in the Balkans manifested itself and culminated in numerous departures of the Muslim population to Syria during the Syrian Civil War. I will explain how the phenomenon of departures to Syria came about using the example of the growth and development of the Salafi community in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Then, I will begin to put together the logical structure of the explanation of the process of radicalization and its factors in order to show the psycho-social effects that produce it. Some of the fundamental components of the explanation are the influence of polarization, deprivation and secession on the individual's identity. Additionally, I will present the propaganda effects in the process of radicalization based on the propaganda strategy of the terrorist organization Islamic State. The goal of analyzing the process of radicalization is to understand its drivers with the purpose of creating a logical structure that explains it. I consider these explanations necessary in any form of work to reduce the process of radicalization in the Balkans and beyond.