@article{ref1,
title="Extremism, religion and psychiatric morbidity in a population-based sample of young men",
journal="British journal of psychiatry",
year="2016",
author="Coid, Jeremy W. and Bhui, Kamaldeep and Macmanus, Deirdre and Kallis, Constantinos and Bebbington, Paul and Ullrich, Simone",
volume="209",
number="6",
pages="491-497",
abstract="BACKGROUND: There is growing risk from terrorism following radicalisation of young men. It is unclear whether psychopathology is associated. AIMS: To investigate the population distribution of extremist views among UK men. <br><br>METHOD: Cross-sectional study of 3679 men, 18-34 years, in Great Britain. Multivariate analyses of attitudes, psychiatric morbidity, ethnicity and religion. <br><br>RESULTS: Pro-British men were more likely to be White, UK born, not religious; anti-British were Muslim, religious, of Pakistani origin, from deprived areas. Pro- and anti-British views were linearly associated with violence (adjusted odds ratio (OR) = 1.51, 95% CI 1.38-1.64, P<0.001, adjusted OR = 1.33, 95% CI 1.13-1.58, P<0.001, respectively) and negatively with depression (adjusted OR = 0.72, 95% CI 0.61-0.85, P<0.001, adjusted OR = 0.64, 95% CI 0.48-0.86, P = 0.003, respectively). <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Men at risk of depression may experience protection from strong cultural or religious identity. Antisocial behaviour increases with extremism. Religion is protective but may determine targets of violence following radicalisation.<br><br>© The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2016.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0007-1250",
doi="10.1192/bjp.bp.116.186510",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.116.186510"
}