The Prevalence of Intellectual Extremism among Palestinian Youth and Its Relationship to Some Variables

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.201214.063How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Intellectual Extremism, Religious Extremism, Political Extremism, Social Extremism, Youth

Abstract

Extremism is a global issue that affects a lot of countries all over the world ever since. Youths are considered the main tool to implement various forms of extremism. This article aims to diagnose intellectual extremism among Palestinian youth. In this article, we analyzed the data obtained from Palestinian youth (18-35 years), from 1 to 31/12/2019. The sample consisted of 600 youth (male and female). Data were collected through an electronic questionnaire. The most important results were that males were generally more extreme than females. There is also a strong relationship between intellectual extremism and many variables 1) the educational level; 2) Scientific specialization; 3) Political or party affiliation; 4) The household income range; 5) The level of father’s education; 6) The level of mother’s education; 7) The constancy of family relations.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Abdal-hadi K. Abu-Saada
AU  - Hatem M. Saadallah
AU  - Haroun M. Bhar
AU  - Samir M. Zaqout
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/12/16
TI  - The Prevalence of Intellectual Extremism among Palestinian Youth and Its Relationship to Some Variables
BT  - Proceedings of the 2020 6th International Conference on Social Science and Higher Education (ICSSHE 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 328
EP  - 332
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.201214.063
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.201214.063
ID  - Abu-Saada2020
ER  -