The Experience of Victimisation among Muslim Adolescents in the UK

The Effect of Psychological and Religious Factors

Bibliographic Data

ID3127073
AuthorsLeslie J Francis (0000-0003-2946-9980, University of Warwick, corresponding author), Ursula Mckenna (0000-0002-2625-7731, University of Warwick)
Year2018
Volume9
Issue8
Pages243
Publication date2018-08-10
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueReligions (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444
PublisherMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/rel9080243
OpenAlexW2887411602
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited39

This study set out to explore the levels of victimisation experienced by Muslim adolescents in the UK, the extent to which victimisation is conceptualised in religious terms, and the extent to which individual differences in the experience of victimisation is related to personal factors, psychological factors and religious factors. Data provided by 335 13- to 15-year-old Muslim students from England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales demonstrated that one in four Muslim students (25%) reported being bullied because of their religion. These students saw their religious identity as being a more important cause of their victimisation than their ethnicity, their colour, or their name. Male and female Muslim students were equally vulnerable to victimisation. Psychological and religious variables predicted individual differences in vulnerability to victimisation among Muslim students

Ethnic group · Poison control · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Victimisation · Anthropology · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence

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