The prevalence of the Middle-Eastern extreme ideologies among some Canadians.

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  • Author(s): Loza W;Loza W
  • Source:
    Journal of interpersonal violence [J Interpers Violence] 2011 May; Vol. 26 (7), pp. 1388-400. Date of Electronic Publication: 2010 Jun 28.
  • Publication Type:
    Journal Article
  • Language:
    English
  • Additional Information
    • Source:
      Publisher: Sage Publications Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 8700910 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1552-6518 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 08862605 NLM ISO Abbreviation: J Interpers Violence Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Publication: Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage Publications
      Original Publication: [Beverly Hills, CA] : Sage Publications, [c1986-
    • Subject Terms:
      Culture* ; Religion*; Attitude/*ethnology ; Islam/*psychology ; Psychometrics/*methods; Adolescent ; Adult ; Aged ; Canada ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Middle East ; Prevalence ; Reproducibility of Results ; Terrorism/psychology ; Young Adult
    • Abstract:
      A total of 183 Canadian participants of different religious backgrounds completed the Belief Diversity Scale (BDS). The BDS is an 80-item, 6-subscale instrument designed to quantitatively measure the religious attitudes, beliefs, and ideologies of Middle-Eastern extremists' on risk areas that are reported in the literature. The results demonstrated the reliability and validity of the BDS as well as indicated the prevalence of Middle-Eastern extremists' ideologies among Muslim Canadians. Results were similar to those obtained from similar study completed on South African participants. These findings suggested that the BDS has the potential to be used as an objective tool to measure Middle-Eastern religious extremism.
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20100701 Date Completed: 20110808 Latest Revision: 20110411
    • Publication Date:
      20221213
    • Accession Number:
      10.1177/0886260510369133
    • Accession Number:
      20587454