Abstract: Suicide terrorism refers to that someone actively and intentionally kills themselves along with the chosen innocent targets to meet with a success of the mission, in the service of catching the attention of the target objects or the public and creating an atmosphere of terror, and eventually achieving certain political, religious or social purposes. There is no single profile of the individual suicide terrorist. And their motivations are complex. Perhaps they are motivated by religious or political purpose, or it’s the choice after rational analysis. The Quest-for-Significance Model is a comprehensive model that integrates all the levels of analysis and links related theories or views. There is not much difference of male and female suicide terrorists. But females may want to strive for gender equality. And they are more likely to be driven by personal causes. Because it’s arduous for us to collect actual data and information of suicide terrorist, the conclusions may be speculative. In future we have to apply more other empirical approaches.

Key words: terrorism, suicide, psychological profile, motivation, quest-for-significance