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Fischer, Jannik M.K.; Wetzels, Peter; Brettfeld, Katrin; Farren, Diego

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@misc{fischer_jannik_m_k_2024_14825,
  author       = {Fischer, Jannik M.K. and
                  Wetzels, Peter and
                  Brettfeld, Katrin and
                  Farren, Diego},
  title        = {{Antisemitismus bei Jugendlichen und 
                   Heranwachsenden in Deutschland: Zur Bedeutung von
                   Migrationshintergrund und Religion. UHH MOTRA
                   Forschungsbericht No. 15 aus dem Institut für
                   Kriminologie an der Fakultät für
                   Rechtswissenschaft. Hamburg: Universität Hamburg.}},
  month        = aug,
  year         = 2024,
  note         = {{Anti-Semitism among young people and adolescents: 
                   On the significance of migration background and
                   religion Jannik M.K. Fischer, Peter Wetzels,
                   Katrin Brettfeld und Diego Farren   Abstract: In
                   this UHH MOTRA Research Report No. 14 results of
                   an online survey of a represen-tative sample of
                   n=3,270 young people aged 16 to 21 on the
                   prevalence of anti-Semitic attitudes are
                   presented. With a rate of 2.1% of young people who
                   are open to antisemitic resentment and a further
                   2.0% who display clear, distinct antisemitic
                   attitudes, the preva-lence rates of antisemitic
                   prejudices among young people are significantly
                   lower than among the adult population in Germany.
                   However, there are important differences between
                   subpopulations of young people in Germany with
                   respect to migration background and religious
                   affiliations. Young people with a migration
                   background are significantly more likely to have
                   anti-Semitic attitudes. Prevalence rates of
                   antisemitic resentments are particularly high
                   among young Muslim migrants.  Multivariate
                   analyses confirm this result after controlling for
                   age, gender and education. They show that high
                   prevalence rates of antisemitism among young
                   Muslims are not due to their increased experiences
                   of discrimination or their particularly widespread
                   perceptions of collective marginalization of their
                   own group in Germany. Important factors, in
                   addition to low education, are conspiracy
                   mentality and fundamentalist religious beliefs. A
                   high level of individual faith is not significant
                   in this respect. Furthermore, a considerable high
                   overrepresentation of young Muslims of the first
                   generation of migrants (those who were not born in
                   Germany) among juveniles and adolescents who hold
                   anti-Semitic attitudes is striking.  These
                   findings have implications for the practice of
                   anti-semitism prevention, since the target group
                   to be reached, especially among young people, is
                   characterized to a very considerable extent by
                   young migrants who have recently immigrated to
                   Germany, including a very high proportion of
                   strongly religious, fundamentalist Muslims.
                   Summary of key findings and on possible
                   consequences  for policy and the prevention of
                   antisemitism are presented in english as well in
                   this research report}},
  doi          = {10.25592/uhhfdm.14825},
  url          = {https://doi.org/10.25592/uhhfdm.14825}
}