ArticlePloS one2014
Is violent radicalisation associated with poverty, migration, poor self-reported health and common mental disorders?
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- Pooled it
- Away from violence: A latent transition analysis on support for violent and non-violent radicalization among adolescents.Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines · 2026Article
- Understanding Violent Radicalization and Conspiracy Belief in Dutch Youth Aged 16-25: A Latent Profile Analysis.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2026Article
- Understanding Unrest: Conspiracy Belief and Violent Radicalization Patterns in Young People During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Netherlands.European journal on criminal policy and research · 2026Article
- Reliability and Validity of Risk Assessment Tools for Violent Extremism: A Systematic Review.Campbell systematic reviews · 2025Review
- "It's all about making room for young people": A mixed-method study on adolescents' experiences of social adversity and support for violent radicalization in high schools.Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence · 2025Article
- Disentangling Support for Violent and Non-violent Radicalization among Adolescents: A Latent Profile Analysis.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2024Article
- Digital media use, depressive symptoms and support for violent radicalization among young Canadians: a latent profile analysis.BMC psychology · 2024Article
- Local deprivation predicts right-wing hate crime in England.PloS one · 2023Article
- Putative juvenile terrorists: the relationship between multiple traumatization, mental health, and expectations for reintegration among Islamic State recruited adolescent and young adult fighters.Conflict and health · 2022Article
- Is radicalization a family issue? A systematic review of family-related risk and protective factors, consequences, and interventions against radicalization.Campbell systematic reviews · 2022Review
- Meaning in Life, Future Orientation and Support for Violent Radicalization Among Canadian College Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- A Clinical and Psychopathological Approach to Radicalization Among Adolescents.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- Transnational evaluation of the Sympathy for Violent Radicalization Scale: Measuring population attitudes toward violent radicalization in two countries.Transcultural psychiatry · 2021Article
- Cognitive and behavioral radicalization: A systematic review of the putative risk and protective factors.Campbell systematic reviews · 2021Review
- Conspiracy Theories, Psychological Distress, and Sympathy for Violent Radicalization in Young Adults during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- PROTOCOL: What are the effects of different elements of media on radicalization outcomes? A systematic review.Campbell systematic reviews · 2021Article
- Prevalence and Associated Factors of Common Mental Disorders in Women: A Systematic Review.Public health reviews · 2021Article
- Extremism and common mental illness: cross-sectional community survey of White British and Pakistani men and women living in England.The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science · 2020Article
- PROTOCOL: Cognitive and behavioral radicalization: A systematic review of the putative risk and protective factors.Campbell systematic reviews · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundDoctors, 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.
methodsA 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.
results2.4% 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 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.
conclusionsSympathies 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.
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