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Machiavellianism, Islamism, and Deprivations as Predictors of Support for Daesh Among Muslims Cover

Machiavellianism, Islamism, and Deprivations as Predictors of Support for Daesh Among Muslims

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|Dec 2020

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Table 1

Correlations between support for Daesh, Islamism, Machiavellianism, and deprivations calculated on the combined sample (N = 1,523).

(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
(1) Support for Daesh – binary0.13***–0.060.01      –0.06
(2) Islamism–      –0.04–0.01      –0.06
(3) Socio-political deprivation0.23***0.04
(4) Economic deprivation–      –0.01
(5) Machiavellianism

[i] *** p < 0.001.

Table 2

Probit regression of support for Daesh calculated on the combined sample (N = 1,523).

VariableModel 1Model 2Model 3Model 4Model 5Model 6
Age0.03      0.03      0.03      0.03      0.03      0.03      
Sex–0.09      –0.09      –0.09      –0.08      –0.09      –0.08      
Urban–0.11      –0.11      –0.11      –0.11      –0.11      –0.11      
Job0.05      0.05      0.05      0.05      0.05      0.05      
Religiousness–0.03      –0.03      –0.03      –0.02      –0.03      –0.02      
Sacred value–0.08      –0.08      –0.08      –0.07      –0.08      –0.08      
Islamism (Isl)0.25***0.24***0.24***0.27***0.25***0.23***
Socio-political deprivation (Sd)–0.12      –0.12      –0.12      –0.10      –0.12      –0.09      
Economic deprivation (Ed)0.04      0.04      0.04      0.03      0.03      0.04      
Machiavellianism (Mach)–0.12*    –0.12*    –0.12*    –0.15**  –0.12*    –0.13*    
Mach × Sd–0.01      
Mach × Ed0.03      
Mach × Isl0.12      
Isl × Ed0.01      
Isl × Sd–0.07      
R20.114      0.115      0.116      0.143      0.115      0.111      

[i] * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001.

Table 3

Standardized regression of support for Daesh based on unbalanced and SMOTEd samples of Algerian Muslims.

VariableβSMOTEd bootstrapped β [99% CI]βSMOTEd bootstrapped β [99% CI]βSMOTEd bootstrapped β [99% CI]βSMOTEd bootstrapped β [99% CI]βSMOTEd bootstrapped β [99% CI]βSMOTEd bootstrapped β [99% CI]
Age0.02  0.11 [–0.05, 0.27]0.02  0.09 [–0.07, 0.25]0.00  0.02 [–0.13, 0.18]0.02  0.10 [–0.04, 0.25]0.01  0.09 [–0.06, 0.25]0.02  0.10 [–0.06, 0.27]
Sex–0.13  –0.17 [–0.31, –0.02]–0.13  –0.18 [–0.33, –0.04]–0.13  –0.19 [–0.32, –0.05]–0.11  –0.11 [–0.25, 0.03]–0.13  –0.13 [–0.27, 0.01]–0.12  –0.17 [–0.31, –0.02]
Urban–0.09  –0.01 [–0.15, 0.14]–0.09  –0.02 [–0.16, 0.13]–0.09  –0.08 [–0.21, 0.06]–0.11  –0.08 [–0.22, 0.06]–0.09  –0.07 [–0.20, 0.07]–0.09  0.00 [–0.15, 0.14]
Job0.04  –0.09 [–0.21, 0.04]0.04  –0.09 [–0.22, 0.04]0.03  –0.08 [–0.20, 0.05]0.02  –0.12 [–0.25, 0.01]0.04  –0.08 [–0.21, 0.04]0.04  –0.08 [–0.20, 0.05]
Religiousness–0.11  –0.20 [–0.36, –0.05]–0.11  –0.19 [–0.34, –0.03]–0.11  –0.16 [–0.30, –0.02]–0.10  –0.16 [–0.31, –0.02]–0.12  –0.16 [–0.32, –0.01]–0.11  –0.21 [–0.36, –0.04]
Sacred value–0.13  –0.23 [–0.37, –0.08]–0.13  –0.22 [–0.36, –0.08]–0.15  –0.25 [–0.38, –0.12]–0.10  –0.15 [–0.29, –0.01]–0.13  –0.19 [–0.33, –0.06]–0.12  –0.21 [–0.35, –0.06]
Islamism (Isl)0.11  0.24 [0.09, 0.39]0.11  0.27 [0.11, 0.42]0.10  0.20 [0.06, 0.34]0.14  0.24 [0.10, 0.38]0.12  0.26 [0.10, 0.40]0.08  0.21 [0.06, 0.35]
Socio-political deprivation (Sd)–0.12  –0.19 [–0.34, –0.04]–0.12  –0.18 [–0.33, –0.04]–0.13  –0.19 [–0.33, –0.05]–0.09  –0.11 [–0.26, 0.04]–0.12  –0.17 [–0.31, –0.03]–0.10  –0.17 [–0.31, –0.03]
Economic deprivation (Ed)0.13  0.19 [0.05, 0.33]0.13  0.19 [0.05, 0.33]0.15  0.19 [0.06, 0.32]0.11  0.13 [–0.01, 0.27]0.11  0.11 [–0.02, 0.25]0.13  0.20 [0.05, 0.34]
Machiavellianism (Mach)–0.16*–0.34 [–0.47, –0.21]–0.16*–0.28 [–0.41, –0.14]–0.14*–0.24 [–0.36, –0.11]–0.17*–0.33 [–0.45, –0.20]–0.16*–0.33 [–0.45, –0.21]–0.18*–0.37 [–0.51, –0.24]
Mach × Sd–0.01  0.15 [–0.01, 0.32]
Mach × Ed0.13*0.42 [0.31, 0.52]
Mach × Isl0.15*0.31 [0.17, 0.45]
Isl × Ed0.06  0.31 [0.17, 0.45]
Isl × Sd0.12  –0.15 [–0.31, 0.00]

[i] * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001; confidence intervals that do not include zero are bolded.

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Figure 1

Predicted probabilities of support for Daesh with respect to different combinations of Machiavellianism, Islamism, and economic deprivation in Algeria based on SMOTEd samples.

Table 4

Standardized regression of support for Daesh based on unbalanced and SMOTEd samples of Palestinian Muslims.

VariableβSMOTEd bootstrapped β [99% CI]βSMOTEd bootstrapped β [99% CI]βSMOTEd bootstrapped β [99% CI]βSMOTEd bootstrapped β [99% CI]βSMOTEd bootstrapped β [99% CI]βSMOTEd bootstrapped β [99% CI]
Age0.05      0.07 [–0.07, 0.20]0.05      0.07 [–0.06, 0.20]0.05      0.07 [–0.06, 0.21]0.05      0.07 [–0.07, 0.20]0.05      0.07 [–0.07, 0.20]0.06      0.07 [–0.07, 0.21]
Sex–0.08      –0.15 [–0.28, –0.01]–0.08      –0.14 [–0.28, 0.00]–0.08      –0.14 [–0.28, –0.01]–0.08      –0.15 [–0.28, –0.01]–0.07      –0.14 [–0.28, –0.01]–0.08      –0.15 [–0.28, –0.01]
Urban–0.12      –0.19 [–0.30, –0.07]–0.12      –0.20 [–0.31, –0.08]–0.12      –0.17 [–0.28, –0.06]–0.11      –0.18 [–0.29, –0.07]–0.11      –0.18 [–0.30, –0.07]–0.12      –0.19 [–0.30, –0.07]
Job0.07      0.06 [–0.07, 0.20]0.07      0.06 [–0.07, 0.20]0.08      0.08 [–0.06, 0.21]0.08      0.06 [–0.07, 0.20]0.07      0.06 [–0.07, 0.20]0.07      0.06 [–0.07, 0.20]
Religiousness0.06      0.11 [–0.01, 0.23]0.06      0.11 [–0.01, 0.23]0.06      0.15 [0.03, 0.26]0.06      0.11 [–0.01, 0.23]0.06      0.11 [–0.01, 0.23]0.06      0.11 [–0.01, 0.23]
Sacred value–0.03      –0.01 [–0.14, 0.13]–0.03      –0.02 [–0.16, 0.12]–0.03      0.03 [–0.11, 0.16]–0.03      –0.02 [–0.15, 0.12]–0.03      0 [–0.14, 0.13]–0.03      –0.01 [–0.16, 0.13]
Islamism (Isl)0.33***0.43 [0.31, 0.55]0.33***0.42 [0.30, 0.55]0.33***0.43 [0.31, 0.55]0.35***0.45 [0.32, 0.57]0.35***0.45 [0.32, 0.57]0.33***0.43 [0.32, 0.54]
Socio-political deprivation (Sd)–0.14      –0.39 [–0.50, –0.27]–0.14      –0.40 [–0.52, –0.28]–0.14      –0.37 [–0.49, –0.25]–0.13      –0.37 [–0.50, –0.25]–0.14      –0.39 [–0.51, –0.27]–0.13      –0.38 [–0.50, –0.26]
Economic deprivation (Ed)–0.07      –0.08 [–0.20, 0.03]–0.07      –0.08 [–0.20, 0.04]–0.09      –0.11 [–0.22, 0.01]–0.06      –0.09 [–0.20, 0.03]–0.08      –0.06 [–0.17, 0.05]–0.06      –0.09 [–0.20, 0.04]
Machiavellianism (Mach)–0.08      –0.03 [–0.15, 0.09]–0.08      –0.05 [–0.16, 0.07]–0.06      0.04 [–0.10, 0.17]–0.12      –0.06 [–0.17, 0.04]–0.08      –0.03 [–0.15, 0.09]–0.08      –0.04 [–0.16, 0.09]
Mach × Sd–0.01      –0.06 [–0.18, 0.07]
Mach × Ed–0.11      –0.19 [–0.33, –0.06]
Mach × Isl0.07      0.07 [–0.09, 0.23]
Isl × Ed–0.09      –0.05 [–0.23, 0.14]
Isl × Sd–0.02      –0.03 [–0.23, 0.17]

[i] * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001.

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Figure 2

Predicted probabilities of support for Daesh with respect to different combinations of economic deprivation and Machiavellianism in Palestine based on SMOTEd samples.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/irsp.439 | Journal eISSN: 2397-8570
Language: English
Submitted on: Apr 28, 2020
Accepted on: Nov 10, 2020
Published on: Dec 2, 2020
Published by: Ubiquity Press
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