Dr. Diab Al-Badayneh is a professor of Methodology and Criminology Jordan, and a president of Ibn Khaldun Center for Research and Studies (IKCRS). His degrees include a Ph.D. in Applied Sociology, Complex organizations, Social Psychology, Social Statistics and Criminology from Western Michigan University (1990), an MA in Psychology from Jordan University (1985), and a BA in Psychology/Sociology (1979) from Jordan University (1979). He participated in a Summer Institute in Governance, Public policy, and civil society, summer 2002, University of Castilla -LaMancha, Toledo, Spain (UME). Honorary Doctorate 2015 on Youth studies, violence, extremism and terrorism Honorary Degree of Doctor Honoris Caus from the University of Cyril and Methodius in Trnava. From Slovakia. Phone: +966-79-555-2202
The paper analyses the effects of strain variables (school delinquency, public disturbances, crim... more The paper analyses the effects of strain variables (school delinquency, public disturbances, crimes, assaults, imprudent behaviour, violence, delinquency and negative emotions) on cyberbullying victimization of high school students in Qatar (N = 1733, 55% males, 45% of females). Findings indicate that a fifth of students reported bullying victimization and a tenth of cyberbullying. Results showed that strain variables could explain a 49% change in cyberbullying victimization. The Logistic regression model correctly classified 93.3% overall prediction of the cases. Significant gender differences were found in cyberbullying. Significant mean differences were found between bullied and non-bullied students at (α = 000) in all strain variables. This study supported our GST hypothesis that victimization of students' cyberbullying could lead to strains and delinquency. Implications for school-based prevention efforts are discussed.
The purpose of this paper is to focus on the social causes of terrorists' behaviors and actions ... more The purpose of this paper is to focus on the social causes of terrorists' behaviors and actions originated in the Arab society. It composes all social causes of terrorist acts whether it occurred in the Arab society or abroad as well. Moreover, it calls attention to the people in risk of becoming terrorism. This paper suggests that social causes of the terrorism in the Arab Society can be attributed to two major social deficits in the Arabs life: 1. Human development deficit within and between Arab societies, including but not limited to freedom deficit, knowledge deficit and the empowerment deficit, 2. Human security deficit (such as personal, environmental, economic, and political, community, and health and food security) in the Arab society. Terrorism can be seen as a social product of mutual interaction within societies (i.e., repression; inequalities, tortures; and violation of human rights…etc) and between societies (i.e., ignorance of the free world, support of the dictatorship, and monarchial regimes etc.) of these two deficits. Terrorism is the result of the failure to free people from fear and want within and between Arab societies and between Arab societies. The current social tension situation in the Arab society will open the social system to many changing forces which produce an unstable society with a countless number of angry people and terrorists. Those oppressed youth people will turn to violence and terrorism and do everything at their disposal to vent out their anger and frustration at these social systems.
The purpose of the study was to examine the impact of Political affiliation, Political participat... more The purpose of the study was to examine the impact of Political affiliation, Political participation, and life satisfaction on radicalization among university students. A sample of 1116 students was drawn from four different Jordanian universities, namely Mutah University, Jordan University, Tafila University and Yarmuk University). A scale was developed for the study based on the extant literature. The construct validity of the scale was estimated by calculating the correlation between the radicalization items and the negative emotion items. Multiple regression analysis showed a significant impact of political affiliation, political participation and life satisfaction on religious, (F=8.5, α
Journalism and Mass Communication, a professional scholarly peer reviewed academic journal, commi... more Journalism and Mass Communication, a professional scholarly peer reviewed academic journal, commits itself to promoting the academic communication about recent developments on journalism and mass communication and tries to provide a platform for experts and scholars worldwide to exchange their latest findings.
This study aimed to examine the differences between the government hospitals and private hospital... more This study aimed to examine the differences between the government hospitals and private hospitals in patients' satisfaction. Also to examine the effect of all theoretically important satisfaction factors together as well as separate on the patients' overall satisfaction. Moreover, to examine the relationship between patients' overall satisfaction and patient satisfaction factors. This study consisted of five government hospitals and five private hospitals in Jordan.
An Analysis of the Self-rated Job Performance and Job Satisfaction Relationship in Jordanian hosp... more An Analysis of the Self-rated Job Performance and Job Satisfaction Relationship in Jordanian hospitals.
This study aimed to investigate possible effects of raters' ratings {nurses' (self); supervisors'... more This study aimed to investigate possible effects of raters' ratings {nurses' (self); supervisors' (administrator) and patients' (client)} and hospitals (government and private hospitals) on nurses' performance. This study consisted of 303 nurses, 400 patients and 60
The aim of the study is to investigate Arab university students' fearing future terrorism: Percei... more The aim of the study is to investigate Arab university students' fearing future terrorism: Perceived personal, national, regional and international threats of terrorism. It aims to examine gender differences in fear of terrorism. Moreover it examines the determinants of fear of terrorism. A sample of 188 students (Mutah University, Jordan) was randomly selected. A questionnaire was developed based on the existing scales. A construct validity of the scale was estimated by the calculating the correlation between Terrorism Catastrophizing Scale and the current Fear of Terrorism Scale and found a positive significant relationship (0.564, α= 0.000), a sign of strong validity of the scale. A Reliability of the scale is strong and was estimated by Cronbach's alpha and was 0.889. Findings of this study reveals that students concerned 42% that they personally about themselves, a friend or relative being the victim of future terrorist attack in Jordan. Also students are worried that there will be another terrorist attack on Jordan soil, region and global in the near future with average of 5.4 (54%), 5.3(535), and 6(60%) respectively. Factor analysis produced three factors explaining 63.9% of the variance, the first factor explained (personal threat) 41.9%% of the variance, the second factor (national threat) explained 14% of the total variance and the third factor (external threats ―regional and global‖) explained 7.8% of the variance. Multiple regression analysis show a significant impact (F=8.741, α=0.00) of demographical variables;
The impact of governmental efforts in the fight against corruption, and citizen's satisfaction wi... more The impact of governmental efforts in the fight against corruption, and citizen's satisfaction with the government's performance on the participation of citizens in the social movement (Alherak) in Jordan
The paper analyses the effects of strain variables (school delinquency, public disturbances, crim... more The paper analyses the effects of strain variables (school delinquency, public disturbances, crimes, assaults, imprudent behaviour, violence, delinquency and negative emotions) on cyberbullying victimization of high school students in Qatar (N = 1733, 55% males, 45% of females). Findings indicate that a fifth of students reported bullying victimization and a tenth of cyberbullying. Results showed that strain variables could explain a 49% change in cyberbullying victimization. The Logistic regression model correctly classified 93.3% overall prediction of the cases. Significant gender differences were found in cyberbullying. Significant mean differences were found between bullied and non-bullied students at (α = 000) in all strain variables. This study supported our GST hypothesis that victimization of students' cyberbullying could lead to strains and delinquency. Implications for school-based prevention efforts are discussed.
The purpose of this paper is to focus on the social causes of terrorists' behaviors and actions ... more The purpose of this paper is to focus on the social causes of terrorists' behaviors and actions originated in the Arab society. It composes all social causes of terrorist acts whether it occurred in the Arab society or abroad as well. Moreover, it calls attention to the people in risk of becoming terrorism. This paper suggests that social causes of the terrorism in the Arab Society can be attributed to two major social deficits in the Arabs life: 1. Human development deficit within and between Arab societies, including but not limited to freedom deficit, knowledge deficit and the empowerment deficit, 2. Human security deficit (such as personal, environmental, economic, and political, community, and health and food security) in the Arab society. Terrorism can be seen as a social product of mutual interaction within societies (i.e., repression; inequalities, tortures; and violation of human rights…etc) and between societies (i.e., ignorance of the free world, support of the dictatorship, and monarchial regimes etc.) of these two deficits. Terrorism is the result of the failure to free people from fear and want within and between Arab societies and between Arab societies. The current social tension situation in the Arab society will open the social system to many changing forces which produce an unstable society with a countless number of angry people and terrorists. Those oppressed youth people will turn to violence and terrorism and do everything at their disposal to vent out their anger and frustration at these social systems.
The purpose of the study was to examine the impact of Political affiliation, Political participat... more The purpose of the study was to examine the impact of Political affiliation, Political participation, and life satisfaction on radicalization among university students. A sample of 1116 students was drawn from four different Jordanian universities, namely Mutah University, Jordan University, Tafila University and Yarmuk University). A scale was developed for the study based on the extant literature. The construct validity of the scale was estimated by calculating the correlation between the radicalization items and the negative emotion items. Multiple regression analysis showed a significant impact of political affiliation, political participation and life satisfaction on religious, (F=8.5, α
Journalism and Mass Communication, a professional scholarly peer reviewed academic journal, commi... more Journalism and Mass Communication, a professional scholarly peer reviewed academic journal, commits itself to promoting the academic communication about recent developments on journalism and mass communication and tries to provide a platform for experts and scholars worldwide to exchange their latest findings.
This study aimed to examine the differences between the government hospitals and private hospital... more This study aimed to examine the differences between the government hospitals and private hospitals in patients' satisfaction. Also to examine the effect of all theoretically important satisfaction factors together as well as separate on the patients' overall satisfaction. Moreover, to examine the relationship between patients' overall satisfaction and patient satisfaction factors. This study consisted of five government hospitals and five private hospitals in Jordan.
An Analysis of the Self-rated Job Performance and Job Satisfaction Relationship in Jordanian hosp... more An Analysis of the Self-rated Job Performance and Job Satisfaction Relationship in Jordanian hospitals.
This study aimed to investigate possible effects of raters' ratings {nurses' (self); supervisors'... more This study aimed to investigate possible effects of raters' ratings {nurses' (self); supervisors' (administrator) and patients' (client)} and hospitals (government and private hospitals) on nurses' performance. This study consisted of 303 nurses, 400 patients and 60
The aim of the study is to investigate Arab university students' fearing future terrorism: Percei... more The aim of the study is to investigate Arab university students' fearing future terrorism: Perceived personal, national, regional and international threats of terrorism. It aims to examine gender differences in fear of terrorism. Moreover it examines the determinants of fear of terrorism. A sample of 188 students (Mutah University, Jordan) was randomly selected. A questionnaire was developed based on the existing scales. A construct validity of the scale was estimated by the calculating the correlation between Terrorism Catastrophizing Scale and the current Fear of Terrorism Scale and found a positive significant relationship (0.564, α= 0.000), a sign of strong validity of the scale. A Reliability of the scale is strong and was estimated by Cronbach's alpha and was 0.889. Findings of this study reveals that students concerned 42% that they personally about themselves, a friend or relative being the victim of future terrorist attack in Jordan. Also students are worried that there will be another terrorist attack on Jordan soil, region and global in the near future with average of 5.4 (54%), 5.3(535), and 6(60%) respectively. Factor analysis produced three factors explaining 63.9% of the variance, the first factor explained (personal threat) 41.9%% of the variance, the second factor (national threat) explained 14% of the total variance and the third factor (external threats ―regional and global‖) explained 7.8% of the variance. Multiple regression analysis show a significant impact (F=8.741, α=0.00) of demographical variables;
The impact of governmental efforts in the fight against corruption, and citizen's satisfaction wi... more The impact of governmental efforts in the fight against corruption, and citizen's satisfaction with the government's performance on the participation of citizens in the social movement (Alherak) in Jordan
The research describes current states of radicalization among Arb youth women and investigates th... more The research describes current states of radicalization among Arb youth women and investigates the regional differences in the levels of radicalization among young Arab women from 12 Arab states: the Levant, which includes Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria; North Africa, which includes Morocco, Tunisia, Libya, and Algeria; and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), which includes Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Kuwait, Qatar, and Bahrain. As a sample, 2326 female students in their teen years were selected. Of these, the GCC comprises 1180 (50.7%), North Africa comprises 521 (22.4%), and the Levant comprises 625 (26.9%). We used a scale-appropriate questionnaire. The radicalization scale has a construct validity of (r = 0.73, α = 0.00) with the LSC scale., and the scale has high reliability (α = 0.96, N = 2326, items 44). Researcher founds a substantial impact of regional location on female radicalization in the GCC, North Africa, and Levant countries, as well as on each of the radicalization components individually.
Women, Gender & Radicalization in the Arb World
Diab M. Al-Badayneh1
Department of Security Studi... more Women, Gender & Radicalization in the Arb World Diab M. Al-Badayneh1 Department of Security Studies, Graduate College, Police Academy, MOI, Qatar & IKCRS, Amman, Jordan Maher Khelifa2 Psychology Program, Social Sciences Department, Qatar University. Qatar Amr Elwakad3 Department of Law, Graduate College, Police Academy, MOI, Qatar & 3Faculty of Law. Tanta University. Egypt Abstract: The study explores the drivers of radicalization among females from 12 Arab states (Kuwait, UAE, Oman, KSA, Qatar, Bahrain, Jordan, Morocco, Tunisia, Libya, Lebanon, & Egypt). A sample of 2624 young female students was selected. Of whom 11.7% were expats and 88.3% were citizens,. A questionnaire with relevant scales was used. Scale has a strong reliability of (α=0.96, N=2624, items 44) and a construct validity (LSC and radicalization scale) of (r= 0.723, α=0.00). Findings showed all independent variables explained 67% of the variance on the female radicalization. A significant overall impact of independent variables on female’s radicalization (F 214.806 α=0.00). Results showed a uniquely significant contribution of all predictors with the exception of location, father’s work, and religiosity. However, significant differences were found in Females’ radicalization attributed to religion, (F=123.932, α=0.000) and residence (citizen vas. Expat) (F=4.349, α=0.03). Security implications such as understanding factors behind women terrorist radicalization and the women’s roles in preventing and countering violent extremism and radicalization were discussed.
The research describes current states of radicalization among Arb youth women and investigates th... more The research describes current states of radicalization among Arb youth women and investigates the regional differences in the levels of radicalization among young Arab women from 12 Arab states: the Levant, which includes Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria; North Africa, which includes Morocco, Tunisia, Libya, and Algeria; and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), which includes Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Kuwait, Qatar, and Bahrain. As a sample, 2326 female students in their teen years were selected. Of these, the GCC comprises 1180 (50.7%), North Africa comprises 521 (22.4%), and the Levant comprises 625 (26.9%). We used a scale-appropriate questionnaire. The radicalization scale has a construct validity of (r = 0.73, α = 0.00) with the LSC scale., and the scale has high reliability (α = 0.96, N = 2326, items 44). Researcher founds a substantial impact of regional location on female radicalization in the GCC, North Africa, and Levant countries, as well as on each of the radicalization components individually.
Abstract This study aims at exploring the knowledge, social stigma and attitudes of university st... more Abstract This study aims at exploring the knowledge, social stigma and attitudes of university students towards HIV-positive persons. In order to achieve the study objectives, Badahdah, Sayem, and Foot,(2009) scale of HIV stigma, which has been applied in several Arab ...
This paper provides an analysis of three focus group discussions (FGDs) held in Morocco, Jordan, ... more This paper provides an analysis of three focus group discussions (FGDs) held in Morocco, Jordan, and Oman, with a specific focus on the importance of fathers' involvement in the programs. Data is based on the 2021 Doha International Family Institute study entitled "Parenting Programs in the Arab Region" conducted by the Ibn Khaldun Center for Research and Studies, Jordan. It begins with the information currently accessible based on assessing pertinent literature on parenting education programs. Members participated in the FGDs to explore their experiences with parenting programs and how those programs affected their parenting knowledge and skills. All three focus group sessions were only attended by women, reinforcing the perception of traditional gender roles and obligations. The paper concludes with recommendations toward the promotion of fathers' involvement in programs, such as enacting paternity and parental laws, involving religious clerics that can advocate for the importance of father involvement during Friday prayers.
The aim of the study is to investigate Arab university students‘ fearing future terrorism: Percei... more The aim of the study is to investigate Arab university students‘ fearing future terrorism: Perceived personal, national, regional and international threats of terrorism. It aims to examine gender differences in fear of terrorism. Moreover it examines the determinants of fear of terrorism. A sample of 188 students (Mutah University, Jordan) was randomly selected. A questionnaire was developed based on the existing scales. A construct validity of the scale was estimated by the calculating the correlation between Terrorism Catastrophizing Scale and the current Fear of Terrorism Scale and found a positive significant relationship (0.564, α= 0.000), a sign of strong validity of the scale. A Reliability of the scale is strong and was estimated by Cronbach‘s alpha and was 0.889. Findings of this study reveals that students concerned 42% that they personally about themselves, a friend or relative being the victim of future terrorist attack in Jordan. Also students are worried that there wil...
Page 1. 1 An Analysis of the Self-rated Job Performance and Job Satisfaction Relationship in Jord... more Page 1. 1 An Analysis of the Self-rated Job Performance and Job Satisfaction Relationship in Jordanian hospitals Dr. Diab M. AL-Badayneh Dr. Subhash R. Sonnad Department of Sociology Department of Sociology Mu'tah University ...
The internet has created a copy of our physical world. E- becomes a part of every day life of our... more The internet has created a copy of our physical world. E- becomes a part of every day life of our local, regional and global society. The World Wide Web (WWW) has been accountable for social virtual interaction as alternative to face to face (F2F) interaction. The connection between physical and virtual society is functional, and loosely coupled. All human activities have moved from physical society to virtual society. New concepts, theories, and paradigms have been emerged as a result of the new virtual comer. Online interaction often supplements offline F2F, and social networks. The question becomes: is the virtual society rooted in the physical society? And does the virtual society meets the physical society?
Terrorism is a multi dimensional phenomenon and this publication aims at comprehending it. This b... more Terrorism is a multi dimensional phenomenon and this publication aims at comprehending it. This book has unique characteristics in terms of its focus on different issues; it has a comprehensive focus on the conceptualization of terrorism and understanding of it. It does not only explains the concept, it also addresses the important issues which help us to really understand why and how individuals commit such an act. Issues range from social and psychological analysis of a terrorist behavior to extremist subcultures and globalization. This publication also successfully reviews and analyzes underlying causes of terrorism and what really makes it valuable is that the chapters present the topics with relevant data which is current and up-to-date. Issues such as inequality, globalization, immigration, gender, and democracy are analyzed with research involving comprehensive data analysis.Furthermore, the book has both theoretical discussion and practical experience which makes this study ...
Regardless of the sizable number of terrorist attacks in the last decade in Jordan, Jordanians’ f... more Regardless of the sizable number of terrorist attacks in the last decade in Jordan, Jordanians’ fear of the terrorists or risk of dying in a terrorist attack in Jordan is almost non-existent. What drives the young educated student to sympathize and support terrorist groups like ISIS? Sympathy and support for terrorist groups like ISIS among youths in Jordan can be understood by tracing its roots of the micro (personal factors), meso (institutional factors), and macro-level (social, cultural factors). Youths’ sympathy and support for ISIS are based on religious beliefs, social taboos, kinship, and social ties. The current study aims at examining radical, conservative, and extremist thoughts, fear about, and behavioral and material support for ISIS among college students in Jordan. Findings showed that, on average, 59% of students expressed radical thoughts, concentrated on areas of social and religiously conservative and extremist beliefs. Moreover, results showed that 66% of student...
The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of macro social factors (states, religion, re... more The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of macro social factors (states, religion, region, Arab spring, terrorism, unrest (Shoe index), democracy, corruption (GPI), Human development (HDI), low self-control, life stress events (LSE), youth unemployment, religiosity, feeling (fear and anger), youth unemployment and total unemployment) on Arab youth"s radicalization. A sample of 6,730 Arab youth age 15-24 years was selected from Kuwait,
This study aimed to identify the impact of government efforts in the fight against corruption, ci... more This study aimed to identify the impact of government efforts in the fight against corruption, citizen’s satisfaction with the government’s performance and the personal, social and economic characteristics of in the citizens involvement in the social movement in Jordan. The study sample consisted of a convenient sample of (821) members of the participants in the social movement in Jordan in (12) governorates. In order to achieve the objectives of the study and for the purpose of data collection, a queioninaire has been developed by Al badayneh (2010) and was used as a research tool. The questionnaire was designed to measure corruption, and is based on international measures such as the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI). Results of the study showed that the government efforts in the fight against corruption, citizen’s Satisfaction with the government’s performance and the personal, social and economic characteristics of participants explain 14% of the variation in the participation ...
This study aimed to identify the impact of government efforts in the fight against corruption, ci... more This study aimed to identify the impact of government efforts in the fight against corruption, citizen’s satisfaction with the government’s performance and the personal, social and economic characteristics of in the citizens involvement in the social movement in Jordan. The study sample consisted of a convenient sample of (821) members of the participants in the social movement in Jordan in (12) governorates. In order to achieve the objectives of the study and for the purpose of data collection, a queioninaire has been developed by Al badayneh (2010) and was used as a research tool. The questionnaire was designed to measure corruption, and is based on international measures such as the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI). Results of the study showed that the government efforts in the fight against corruption, citizen’s Satisfaction with the government’s performance and the personal, social and economic characteristics of participants explain 14% of the variation in the participation ...
CITIZENSHIP, FAMILY, LOW SELF-CONTROL, RELIGIOUS ATTENDANCE AND DELINQUENCY, 2019
This study aims at examining the relationship between citizenship, family situation, low self-con... more This study aims at examining the relationship between citizenship, family situation, low self-control, religious attendance and delinquency among Qatari high school students. A sample of 1733 students was selected from all 7administrative areas. Schools were randomly selected. A questionnaire with several scales was developed and used as a research tool. A positive significant relationship was found between citizenship and family ties (0.149), family support (0.174), health (0.141), and family attachment (0.076). However, a negative significant relationship was found between citizenship and delinquency (-0.134), coercive parenting (-0.089), gender (-0.127). More importantly, a negative significant relationship was found between citizenship and general delinquency (-0.134) (imprudent behaviour-0.22, crime-0.092, public disturbance-0.126, school delinquency-0.079). Delinquency was significantly correlated with low self-control (0.22) and religious attendance (-0.229). All variables explained together around 25% of the variance on the general delinquency. A significant effect was found for all variables together on delinquency (F = 13.732, α = 0.000). Moreover, citizenship, coercive parenting, family ties, low self-control, religious attendance, mother"s work and health have a uniquely significant contribution to the variance on the delinquency.
TESTING AGNEW’S GENERAL STRAIN THEORY ON DRUG USE AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS IN JORDAN, 2019
Logistic regression was performed to assert the effects of the core assumption of Agnew"s General... more Logistic regression was performed to assert the effects of the core assumption of Agnew"s General Strain Theory (GST) on the likelihood of college students using drugs. It aims to identify the level of strains such as failure in achieving the goals of positive value, negative emotions, loss of positive emotions, and/or negative feelings among students of Jordan University. A social survey was conducted, and a questionnaire, developed by Al-Badayneh (2012), was used in this study. A sample of (965) students from the University of Jordan was selected. Logistic regression analysis supported Agnew"s GST core assumptions. The logistic regression model was statistically significant due to the fact that the model demonstrates 100% accuracy when the non-significant (Hosmer and Lemeshow test χ2 = 8.435 α = 0.392) is applied. The model explained 35% (Nagelkerke R Square) of variance on the drug use, and correctly classified 95.5% overall prediction of the cases. A significant relationship was found between general stain and drug use (-0.113, α = 000), negative emotions (-0.311, α = 0.000) and frequency of drug use (0.110). Moreover, negative emotions are significantly correlated with drug use (-0. 067, α = 0.000) and drug frequency (0.149).
This study aimed to identify the impact of government efforts in the fight against corruption, ci... more This study aimed to identify the impact of government efforts in the fight against corruption, citizen’s satisfaction with the government’s performance and the personal, social and economic characteristics of in the citizens involvement in the social movement in Jordan. The study sample consisted of a convenient sample of (821) members of the participants in the social movement in Jordan in (12) governorates. In order to achieve the objectives of the study and for the purpose of data collection, a queioninaire has been developed by Al badayneh (2010) and was used as a research tool. The questionnaire was designed to measure corruption, and is based on international measures such as the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI). Results of the study showed that the government efforts in the fight against corruption, citizen’s Satisfaction with the government’s performance and the personal, social and economic characteristics of participants explain 14% of the variation in the participation in the social movement in Jordan and the impact of these variables was statistically significant (F = 9.708, ∞ = .000). Effect of individual regression coefficients of gender, party affiliation, and the causes for the spread of corruption prevalence, and government efforts to combat corruption were statistically significant. A negative relationship between the participants in the social movement governorate (-0.189) where less participation in the social movement in the south and increasingly in the center and north region, party affiliation (-0.243) where participation increases with party affiliation and youth organization, the weakness of the government’s efforts in the fight against corruption (-0.241) and the dissatisfaction of citizens for government services (-0.216). Moreover, there were a positive relationship between participation in the social movement an age (0.110), and education (0.109), the type of party (0.132), and the causes for the spread of corruption (0.134).
Radical thoughts; Fears about and Supporting ISIS among Jordanian College Students , 2019
This study aims at examining radical, conservative, and extremist thoughts, fear about, and behav... more This study aims at examining radical, conservative, and extremist thoughts, fear about, and behavioral and material support for ISIS among college students in Jordan. A sample of 400 students selected from two universities in southern Jordan (MU and TTU). The sample was drawn from core curriculum classes (different classes). Less than half of the sample, 43.4%, feared that they might become victims of ISIS one day, and 69.4% of students worried about the emergence of radical groups in Jordan. Findings showed that 59.5% of students carried radical thoughts concentrated on social, tribal, and religious thoughts. Women's rights and religious wars ranked less radical thoughts. More than half (61%) of the sample expressed conservative thoughts. Conservative thoughts ranged from stoning adultery cases (82.4%) to segregation of women in the workplace (59.4.%). Moreover, findings showed that 66% of students carried extremist thoughts ranging from 90.7% of accepting the uses of violence to 37,3% admiring religious schools. However, about 10% of students expressed behavioral or/and material support for ISIS ranging from money donation (11.7%) to providing personal and operational assistance (8%). Respondents' overall average justification was 14%; students justified their behavioral and material support for ISIS due to foreign assistance for Muslim authoritarian regimes (15.6%). The lowest justification was for seeing ISIS as a defender of Islam. Finally, there was a significant relationship between radical thoughts and each of the support justifications (r=.254**) and ISIS support (r=.297). Additionally, there is a significant relationship between ISIS support and ISIS support justification (r=.72).
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Diab M. Al-Badayneh1
Department of Security Studies, Graduate College, Police Academy, MOI, Qatar & IKCRS, Amman, Jordan
Maher Khelifa2
Psychology Program, Social Sciences Department, Qatar University. Qatar
Amr Elwakad3
Department of Law, Graduate College,
Police Academy, MOI, Qatar & 3Faculty of Law. Tanta University. Egypt
Abstract: The study explores the drivers of radicalization among females from 12 Arab states (Kuwait, UAE, Oman, KSA, Qatar, Bahrain, Jordan, Morocco, Tunisia, Libya, Lebanon, & Egypt). A sample of 2624 young female students was selected. Of whom 11.7% were expats and 88.3% were citizens,. A questionnaire with relevant scales was used. Scale has a strong reliability of (α=0.96, N=2624, items 44) and a construct validity (LSC and radicalization scale) of (r= 0.723, α=0.00). Findings showed all independent variables explained 67% of the variance on the female radicalization. A significant overall impact of independent variables on female’s radicalization (F 214.806 α=0.00). Results showed a uniquely significant contribution of all predictors with the exception of location, father’s work, and religiosity. However, significant differences were found in Females’ radicalization attributed to religion, (F=123.932, α=0.000) and residence (citizen vas. Expat) (F=4.349, α=0.03). Security implications such as understanding factors behind women terrorist radicalization and the women’s roles in preventing and countering violent extremism and radicalization were discussed.
government’s performance and the personal, social and economic characteristics of in the citizens involvement in the social
movement in Jordan. The study sample consisted of a convenient sample of (821) members of the participants in the social
movement in Jordan in (12) governorates.
In order to achieve the objectives of the study and for the purpose of data collection, a queioninaire has been developed by
Al badayneh (2010) and was used as a research tool. The questionnaire was designed to measure corruption, and is based
on international measures such as the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI).
Results of the study showed that the government efforts in the fight against corruption, citizen’s Satisfaction with the
government’s performance and the personal, social and economic characteristics of participants explain 14% of the variation
in the participation in the social movement in Jordan and the impact of these variables was statistically significant (F = 9.708,
∞ = .000). Effect of individual regression coefficients of gender, party affiliation, and the causes for the spread of corruption
prevalence, and government efforts to combat corruption were statistically significant. A negative relationship between the
participants in the social movement governorate (-0.189) where less participation in the social movement in the south and
increasingly in the center and north region, party affiliation (-0.243) where participation increases with party affiliation and
youth organization, the weakness of the government’s efforts in the fight against corruption (-0.241) and the dissatisfaction
of citizens for government services (-0.216). Moreover, there were a positive relationship between participation in the social
movement an age (0.110), and education (0.109), the type of party (0.132), and the causes for the spread of corruption
(0.134).