ArticlePloS one2014
Might depression, psychosocial adversity, and limited social assets explain vulnerability to and resistance against violent radicalisation?
Article in PloS one, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
28 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Is There a Relationship between Psychotic Disorders and the Radicalization Process? A Systematic Review.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Pooled it
- Factors Influencing Radicalization Process at Micro, Meso, and Macro Levels: A Systematic Literature Review.Behavioral sciences & the lawPooled it
- Mental Health, Well-Being, and Adolescent Extremism: A Machine Learning Study on Risk and Protective Factors.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2023Article
- Is radicalization a family issue? A systematic review of family-related risk and protective factors, consequences, and interventions against radicalization.Campbell systematic reviews · 2022Review
- Mental disorder, psychological problems and terrorist behaviour: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Campbell systematic reviews · 2022Review
- Cumulative and independent effects of experiences of social adversity on support for violent radicalization during the COVID-19 pandemic: the mediating role of depression.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2022Article
- Not in Their Right Mind? Right-Wing Extremism Is Not a Mental Illness, but Still a Challenge for Psychiatry.Frontiers in sociology · 2022Article
- A Clinical and Psychopathological Approach to Radicalization Among Adolescents.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- Violent Radicalization and Post-traumatic Dissociation: Clinical Case of a Young Adolescent Girl Radicalized.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- Meaning in Life, Future Orientation and Support for Violent Radicalization Among Canadian College Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic.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
- PROTOCOL: What are the effects of different elements of media on radicalization outcomes? A systematic review.Campbell systematic 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
- The Base Rate Study: Developing Base Rates for Risk Factors and Indicators for Engagement in Violent Extremism.Journal of forensic sciences · 2020Article
- [Psychiatric aspects of terrorism].Der Nervenarzt · 2020Review
- Grassroots community actors leading the way in the prevention of youth violent radicalization.PloS one · 2020Article
- Moroccan Health Care: A Link to Radicalization and Proposed Solution.Federal practitioner : for the health care professionals of the VA, DoD, and PHS · 2019Article
- Exploring the discrimination-radicalization nexus: empirical evidence from youth and young adults in Belgium.International journal of public health · 2019Article
- Do Radicalized Minors Have Different Social and Psychological Profiles From Radicalized Adults?Frontiers in psychiatry · 2019Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
3 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundThis study tests whether depression, psychosocial adversity, and limited social assets offer protection or suggest vulnerability to the process of radicalisation.
methodsA population sample of 608 men and women of Pakistani or Bangladeshi origin, of Muslim heritage, and aged 18-45 were recruited by quota sampling. Radicalisation was measured by 16 questions asking about sympathies for violent protest and terrorism. Cluster analysis of the 16 items generated three groups: most sympathetic (or most vulnerable), most condemning (most resistant), and a large intermediary group that acted as a reference group. Associations were calculated with depression (PHQ9), anxiety (GAD7), poor health, and psychosocial adversity (adverse life events, perceived discrimination, unemployment). We also investigated protective factors such as the number social contacts, social capital (trust, satisfaction, feeling safe), political engagement and religiosity.
resultsThose showing the most sympathy for violent protest and terrorism were more likely to report depression (PHQ9 score of 5 or more; RR = 5.43, 1.35 to 21.84) and to report religion to be important (less often said religion was fairly rather than very important; RR = 0.08, 0.01 to 0.48). Resistance to radicalisation measured by condemnation of violent protest and terrorism was associated with larger number of social contacts (per contact: RR = 1.52, 1.26 to 1.83), less social capital (RR = 0.63, 0.50 to 0.80), unavailability for work due to housekeeping or disability (RR = 8.81, 1.06 to 37.46), and not being born in the UK (RR = 0.22, 0.08 to 0.65).
conclusionsVulnerability to radicalisation is characterised by depression but resistance to radicalisation shows a different profile of health and psychosocial variables. The paradoxical role of social capital warrants further investigation.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.