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Is Violent Radicalisation Associated with Poverty, Migration, Poor Self-Reported Health and Common Mental Disorders?
- Source :
- PLoS ONE, Vol 9, Iss 3, p e90718 (2014), PLoS ONE, Bhui, K, Warfa, N & Jones, E 2014, ' Is Violent Radicalisation Associated with Poverty, Migration, Poor Self-Reported Health and Common Mental Disorders? ', PL o S One, vol. 9, no. 3, e90718, pp. N/A . https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0090718
- Publication Year :
- 2014
- Publisher :
- Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014.
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Abstract
- Background: Doctors, lawyers and criminal justice agencies need methods to assess vulnerability to violent radicalization. In synergy, public health interventions aim to prevent the emergence of risk behaviours as well as prevent and treat new illness events. This paper describes a new method of assessing vulnerability to violent radicalization, and then investigates the role of previously reported causes, including poor self-reported health, anxiety and depression, adverse life events, poverty, and migration and socio-political factors. The aim is to identify foci for preventive intervention.Methods: A cross-sectional survey of a representative population sample of men and women aged 18-45, of Muslim heritage and recruited by quota sampling by age, gender, working status, in two English cities. The main outcomes include self-reported health, symptoms of anxiety and depression (common mental disorders), and vulnerability to violent radicalization assessed by sympathies for violent protest and terrorist acts.Results: 2.4% of people showed some sympathy for violent protest and terrorist acts. Sympathy was more likely to be articulated by the under 20s, those in full time education rather than employment, those born in the UK, those speaking English at home, and high earners (>75,000 pound a year). People with poor self-reported health were less likely to show sympathies for violent protest and terrorism. Anxiety and depressive symptoms, adverse life events and socio-political attitudes showed no associations.Conclusions: Sympathies for violent protest and terrorism were uncommon among men and women, aged 18-45, of Muslim heritage living in two English cities. Youth, wealth, and being in education rather than employment were risk factors.
- Subjects :
- Male
Radicalization
Non-Clinical Medicine
Epidemiology
Health Status
Culture
Vulnerability
lcsh:Medicine
Poison control
Political Aspects of Health
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Suicide prevention
Occupational safety and health
Cultural Anthropology
Sociology
WORLD
Adolescent Psychiatry
ANXIETY
Psychology
lcsh:Science
Applied Psychology
Psychiatry
Principal Component Analysis
TERRORISM
Social Research
Multidisciplinary
IDEOLOGIES
Mental Disorders
Population Minorities
Emigration and Immigration
Focus Groups
Middle Aged
DEPRESSION
Anxiety Disorders
PREVALENCE
Religion
Mental Health
Medicine
Anxiety
Female
Public Health
medicine.symptom
Research Article
Adult
medicine.medical_specialty
SUICIDE
Adolescent
Clinical Research Design
Political Science
Psychological Stress
Social Anthropology
Psychological Anthropology
Crime and Criminology
Religion and Spirituality
Violence
Statistics, Nonparametric
Young Adult
Criminal Investigations
Injury prevention
medicine
Humans
VALIDITY
Poverty
Demography
Psychological and Psychosocial Issues
Health Care Policy
Mood Disorders
MORTALITY
lcsh:R
social sciences
Military Psychology
Cross-Sectional Studies
Logistic Models
Anthropology
Terrorism
lcsh:Q
Preventive Medicine
Self Report
Law
Criminal Justice System
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 19326203
- Volume :
- 9
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- PLoS ONE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....c8eddca17c268a9e66cc56b111188ab6