Lessons Learned and Challenges Faced in Developing the Psychological Measure of Islamic Religiousness

Raiya, Hisham Abu; Pargäment, Kenneth I.; Stein, Catherine H.; Mahoney, Annette

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“…The second item, taken from the Hoge Intrinsic Religious Motivation Scale [46], assesses agreement along a 5 point scale with the statement “I try hard to carry my religious beliefs over into all my other dealings in life.” Two subscales from the Psychological Measure of Islamic Religiousness (PMIR) were included [47, 48]. The PMIR-Positive Religious Coping and identification subscale measures the extent to which Muslims use religious coping methods (e.g., reading Qur’an) to deal with life stressors [48].…”

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Associations Between Religion-Related Factors and Breast Cancer Screening Among American Muslims

Padela

Murrar

Adviento

et al. 2014

J Immigrant Minority Health

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American Muslims have low rates of mammography utilization, and research suggests that religious values influence their health-seeking behaviors. We assessed associations between religion-related factors and breast cancer screening in this population. A diverse group of Muslim women were recruited from mosques and Muslim organization sites in Greater Chicago to self-administer a survey incorporating measures of fatalism, religiosity, discrimination, and Islamic modesty. 254 surveys were collected of which 240 met age inclusion criteria (40 years of age or older). Of the 240, 72 respondents were Arab, 71 South Asian, 59 African American, and 38 identified with another ethnicity. 77 % of respondents had at least one mammogram in their lifetime, yet 37 % had not obtained mammography within the past 2 years. In multivariate models, positive religious coping, and perceived religious discrimination in healthcare were negatively associated with having a mammogram in the past 2 years, while having a PCP was positively associated. Ever having a mammogram was positively associated with increasing age and years of US residency, and knowing someone with breast cancer. Promoting biennial mammography among American Muslims may require addressing ideas about religious coping and combating perceived religious discrimination through tailored interventions.

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Associations Between Religion-Related Factors and Breast Cancer Screening Among American Muslims

Padela

Murrar

Adviento

et al. 2014

J Immigrant Minority Health

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“…Despite the fact that Islam is considered to be the second largest religion of the world, there is a dearth of empirical studies carried out on the psychology of the Muslim population (Abu-Raiya, Pargament, Stein, & Mahoney, 2007). One reason behind the neglect of religion/spirituality in psychological research among Muslims could be the dearth of effective tools grounded in Islamic perspective (Abu-Raiya, 2010).…”

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Development of a Multidimensional Measure of Islamic Spirituality (MMIS)

Dasti¹,

Sitwat²

2014

Journal of Muslim Mental Health

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The aim of the present study was to develop a multidimensional measure of Islamic spirituality. This research was undertaken in Pakistan. Domains of spirituality were operationalized and items were developed, followed by the evaluation of the questionnaire by religious/spiritual scholars and mental health experts. The questionnaire was administered to 813 students. After excluding items with low corrected item to total correlation in each domain (<.30), a Principal Component Analysis with Oblique (Promax) rotation was conducted on 101 items. Eight clear factors were extracted: (1) Self-Discipline, (2) Quest and Search for Divinity, (3) Anger and Expansive behavior, (4) Self Aggrandizement, (5) Feeling of Connectedness with Allah, (6) Meanness-Generosity, (7) Tolerance-Intolerance, and (8) Islamic Practices. Moderate to high internal reliability, good construct, and content validity were found. 48Rabia Dasti and Aisha Sitwat

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“…With respect to religiosity, few organically developed religiosity measures for the Islamic faith have been developed, and even those measures that exist have rarely been validated across ethnically and racially diverse Muslim populations (64). We choose to use the PMIR because it draws upon leading theories in the psychology of religion, was created using in-depth interviews with diverse Muslims, and has been psychometrically tested using international samples of Muslims (62,65). As such, it represents one of the better measures available and lends strength to our findings.…”

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Relationships Between Islamic Religiosity and Attitude Toward Deceased Organ Donation Among American Muslims

Padela

Zaganjor

2014

Transplantation

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Higher levels of intrinsic religiosity or adherence to Islamic ethics do not appear to associate with negative attitudes toward deceased organ donation. Negative religious coping appears, however, to be related to lower rates of believing deceased organ donation to be justified. Future studies with larger samples that incorporate additional measures of religiosity can further clarify relationships between religiosity and organ donation attitude among Muslim communities.

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Lessons Learned and Challenges Faced in Developing the Psychological Measure of Islamic Religiousness

Cited by 45 publications

References 19 publications

Associations Between Religion-Related Factors and Breast Cancer Screening Among American Muslims

Associations Between Religion-Related Factors and Breast Cancer Screening Among American Muslims

Development of a Multidimensional Measure of Islamic Spirituality (MMIS)

Relationships Between Islamic Religiosity and Attitude Toward Deceased Organ Donation Among American Muslims

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