Intolerance Attitudes and Their Relationship to Tolerance Behavior among the Displaced Youth of Hasan Sham Camp

Abstract

The objective of the current research is to identify the levels of intolerence and tolerance attitudes among a sample of Hasan Sham U3 youth camp that the sample reached (107) young people of both genders and they have been selected randomly. As well as finding the indication of moral differences in the level of intolerance and tolerance attitudes according to the gender variable. Besides, find the differences between the cognitive and behavioral components in the intolerance attitudes of the sample as a whole.

In order to achieve the objective of the research and gather the required data from the sample, researchers had to prepare two measures, one on intolerance attitudes  and the other on tolerance using the literature in this field and after it was done then verifying their psychometric properties.

After analyzing the data statistically by using the T-Test for one sample, the T-Test for two independent samples, the correlation coefficient of Pearson and the T-Test for the significance of the correlation coefficient, and the results showed the following:

1. The youth (males and females) in Hasan Sham camp enjoyed a significant level of intolerance and tolerence attitudes.


2. The youth (males) are more heading to intolerance than their peer females.


3. There is a positive correlation between intolerance and tolerence attitudes.