Youth and Right-Wing Extremism 1990

Attitudes to foreigners and extreme political organizations as well
as opinions on the social turning point in the GDR.
Topics: Condition before and after the turning point; optimism
regarding the next few years; social conditions experienced as
ominous such as unemployment, poverty, drug abuse (scale); knowledge
about the goals of right-wing extremist groups; assessment of the
effectiveness of various forms and institutions in the conflict with
right-wing extremism (scale); motives of young people for joining
right-wing extremist groups (scale); attitudes to contact with
right-wing extremist groups and parties; personal political
principles and goals regarding national pride, maintenance of law and
order, dealing with conflicts and violence, the necessity of a strong
political leader, stand on fascism, equal level of standard of living
for East and West, equal rights for foreigners, prohibition of the
Republican Party and the PDS (scale); attitude to and conduct
regarding foreigners; areas of contact with foreigners (scale);
feelings regarding individual ethnic groups; extent and consequences
of crimes experienced oneself such as offenses against property and
forms of physical violence; dealing with crimes; stand on skinheads;
relations with different extreme political parties (scale); effect of
the term "right-wing radical"; compatibility of right-wing radical
goals with the constitution; characteristics of the Republican Party
(scale); stand on left-wing extremist groups and knowledge of their
goals (scale); assessment of the PDS as left-wing extreme; evaluation
of the influence of left-wing extremist groups in the work area;
understanding for antisemitism and knowledge of its causes;
religiousness; party allegiance; classification on left-right scale;
self-assessment of achievement status.