The Predictive Ability of Social Control Methods in Countering Extremism at Mutah University
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Social Control Methods, Mechanisms to Confront Extremism, Mutah University, Jordan.Abstract
This study aimed to identify the predictive capacity of social control methods strategies to confront extremism. The descriptive analytical approach was used. The study sample consisted of (467) male and female students, who were selected using a systematic random sample method, including (192) males and (275) females. A study tool was distributed to the sample of the study, and its validity and reliability were verified. The study results showed a high level of availability of social control tools. The study also indicated that the respondents' perceptions of students' toward strategies for confronting extremism were high, and that there was an impact of social control tools in all its dimensions on strategies for confronting extremism in all its dimensions, as they explain (56.2%) of the change in strategies for confronting extremism. The study recommends that the university establish specialized centers, in cooperation with other Jordanian universities, to study the phenomenon of extremism facing students, and offer courses that include social control, which would contribute to creating a warm, safe, and stable environment for all students.
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