Measuring the Influence of Radicalization and Mediation effect of Perceived Deprivation. Scale Validation through Pilot Study

The contemporary age defines radical as reformist, fanatic, and extremist, that intends changing the thinking of people towards society, particularly, people’s mind-set towards religious or ideological way of thinking. This study focusses on evaluating the factors contributing towards such mind set. The study is quantitative and cross sectional in nature. Data was collected through close ended questionnaire based on five-point Likert scale through primary sources. Prior studies were referred to select the items for the instrument. The analyses of the data were carried out through SPSS version 22.0 and PLS-SEM. The targeted population was madrassa students of Khairpur (Mir’s) district. Approximately 115 questionnaires were distributed and 100 deemed fit for data analysis. There were six variables and 24 questions, which were incorporated in the instrument for the data collection. All the items were analyzed and found significant for further study. However, the item not found significant were revisited and revised.