Religious Understanding , Radicalism Behavior, and Its Correlation

Abstract

The purpose of this study were to find out how the religious understanding, radicalism behavior, and the correlation between religious understanding and radicalism behavior. Quantitative research methods and literature study were used in this study, while the data collection techniques were questionnaires, documentation, interviews, and observations. This study involved 236 student of Politeknik Negeri Media Kreatif Jakarta. Simple linear regression test was used to analyze the data. The data analysis shown that the score of students' religious understanding and radicalism behavior was higher than deviation standard, there was a correlation between the variable of religious understanding and radicalism behavior. It can be concluded that students’ religious understanding was very good, students’ radicalism behavior was high, and there was a negative correlation between the variable of religious understanding and the variable of radicalism behavior. It means that the better the students' religious understanding, the lower the radicalism behavior. Conversely, the lower students' religious understanding, the higher the radicalism behavior. Some suggestion for further research is respondents should be expanded not only in DKI Jakarta Province but also throughout Indonesia and analyze other factors that contribute to radicalism behavior.