Is violent radicalisation associated with poverty, migration, poor self-reported health and common mental disorders?
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This study investigated a cross-sectional survey of a Muslim population in the UK aged 18-45. The survey reported health, anxiety and depression, poverty and educational level and compared it to vulnerability to violent radicalization measured by sympathies towards violent extremism and terrorism. The study found that higher sympathies towards terrorism were associated with enrollment in full time education and higher income. Anxiety and depression were unrelated to sympathies to terrorism, and poor self-reported health was less likely to be associated with sympathies to violent extremism.

