Table 3. Principal components analysis of the 16 items developed through focus groups to measure radicalisation (orthogonal rotated solution presented) (obs = 575. 58 parameters).
| Rotated factor loadings | ||||
| Actions as part of political protests | F1Radicalisation | F2DefensiveViolence | F3Brit. CitizensFighting UK | F4ForeignPolicy |
| Take part in non-violent protest | −0.519 | 0.257 | 0.264 | −0.141 |
| Commit minor crime | 0.5233 | 0.452 | −0.023 | −0.055 |
| Use violence | 0.728 | 0.34 | 0.079 | −0.075 |
| Threaten to commit terrorist acts | 0.812 | 0.161 | 0.235 | −0.159 |
| Organise radical terrorist groups without personally taking part | 0.783 | 0.191 | 0.222 | −0.116 |
| Commit terrorist acts | 0.805 | 0.128 | 0.266 | −0.138 |
| Use of bombs to fight injustice | 0.785 | 0.135 | 0.204 | −0.185 |
| Use of suicide bombs to fight injustice | 0.758 | 0.114 | 0.185 | −0.285 |
| Violence to protect family | −0.144 | 0.72 | 0.189 | −0.006 |
| Violence by organised groups to protect own race/religious group or tribe | 0.201 | 0.719 | 0.133 | −0.182 |
| Violence to fight police injustice | 0.391 | 0.743 | 0.165 | −0.091 |
| Violence to fight government injustice | 0.426 | 0.701 | 0.171 | −0.129 |
| People in Britain who went to fight against UK in Afghanistan | 0.208 | 0.145 | 0.911 | −0.139 |
| People in Britain who went to fight against UK in Iraq | 0.226 | 0.125 | 0.903 | −0.127 |
| Government’s decision to send UK soldiers to Afghanistan * | −0.141 | −0.071 | −0.114 | 0.947 |
| Government’s decision to send UK soldiers Iraq * | −0.151 | −0.083 | −0.123 | 0.943 |
| Variance | 4.719 | 2.623 | 2.11 | 2.08 |
| Proportion | 0.295 | 0.164 | 0.132 | 0.13 |
| Cumulative | 0.295 | 0.459 | 0.591 | 0.721 |
*indicates reverse scored so sympathies are always consistently towards radicalisation.