“Made This Way for a Reason”: Body Satisfaction and Spirituality

Buser, Juleen K.; Parkins, Rachael A.

doi:10.1002/j.2161-0029.2013.00013.x

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“…Phenomenological research tradition depends on small samples because, practically, it is important for any researcher to establish rapport with participants. Using a variety of research techniques offers more opportunities to deepen that rapport (Buser & Parkins, 2013). Reflexivity, multiple voicing, and literary styling among the intended points of qualitative phenomenological studies.…”

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confidence: 99%

Experiences of listening to the Qur'an in Egypt: A qualitative phenomenological study of therapeutic and recreational listening

HossamIsmail

2023

Cont Islam

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This is an interdisciplinary study that explores the impact of listening to the Qur'an on the physiological and psychological statuses of an average Egyptian Muslim. It is a transcendental phenomenological study that intersects with theories and concepts from different disciplines including reception studies, media, and popular culture analysis. The study uses two tools that are common in transcendental phenomenological studies: journals, memoirs, and in-depth interviews. Such tools help investigating the experience of listening to the Qur’an as an ongoing stream of consciousness. The study aims at exploring the phenomenon of listening to the Qur’an from the points of view of six participants who are heavy listeners of the Qur’an and are in the habit of writing memoirs and diaries, as a multi-case study purposive sample. The study reveals that the ritual practice of listening to the Qur'an differs from one person to another depending on several factors mainly gender and educational background. Analysis of the replies of the study respondents sheds light on the positive influence of listening to the Qur’an, and the characteristics of a good reciter from Muslims’ point of view. Future studies on a bigger sample are highly recommended so as to gain deeper insights into the influence of this Islamic ritual, leading to possible generalization.

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Experiences of listening to the Qur'an in Egypt: A qualitative phenomenological study of therapeutic and recreational listening

HossamIsmail

2023

Cont Islam

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“…E. L. Hall (2010) commented on the ambivalence about the body in Christian culture due to the separation of mind and body in the Western intellectual tradition. Other body image research (i.e., Boyatzis et al, 2007;Buser & Parkins, 2013) has indicated that the dualistic split experienced by women and girls between their spirituality/religion and their body is an expression of the dualistic worldview of a wider, dominant, Western culture. The first author wanted to explore the influence of interventions aimed at connecting the minds and bodies of adolescent girls with their spirituality in positive, body-affirming ways.…”

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“…An interesting finding was that about one third of these college‐age women stated there was no connection between religion and body image but later used theistic language in describing their body image. Similarly, Buser and Parkins () interviewed adult women with high levels of body satisfaction and found that many women initially rejected a connection and then later discussed how their spirituality and body image were related. On the basis of these qualitative findings, there seems to be a need for rigorous and nuanced investigations into the complex connection between body image, spirituality, and religion.…”

Section: Body Image Spirituality and Religionmentioning

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The Role of Theistic Spirituality in Adolescent Girls' Body Esteem: A Pilot Outcome Study

Pizzigoni

Fox

O’Grady

2019

Counseling and Values

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A pilot outcome study explored associations between psychospiritual variables and body esteem in adolescent girls at a Roman Catholic high school by examining the influence of The Imago Dei Experience (TIDE), an intervention program the first author designed. Perception of God's loving acceptance accounted for significant variance in weight and appearance body esteem; religious crisis accounted for significant variance in weight body esteem. Lack of significant changes in body esteem from pretest to 18‐month follow‐up suggested the TIDE program may have buffered the typical increase in body dissatisfaction over that period of time for adolescent girls. The authors recommend counselors explore qualities of God image and religious crisis with adolescent girls.

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My Body is a Temple: Eating Disturbances, Religious Involvement, and Mental Health Among Young Adult Women

Henderson

Ellison

2014

J Relig Health

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A growing body of the literature outlines the undesirable mental health consequences of eating disturbances. However, little attention has been given to the possible mitigating effects of cultural institutions, such as religion, in the lives of women suffering from such pathologies. Our work contributes to the literature by (a) outlining a series of arguments linking eating disturbances, religion, and mental health; (b) specifying two conceptual models of these relationships; and (c) testing relevant hypotheses using data on a large nationwide sample of young women. Results indicate that religious involvement-organizational, non-organizational, and subjective religiousness-moderates the effects of eating disturbances on mental health, particularly for self-esteem. Study limitations are identified and several promising directions for future research are discussed.

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“Made This Way for a Reason”: Body Satisfaction and Spirituality

Cited by 6 publications

References 27 publications

Experiences of listening to the Qur'an in Egypt: A qualitative phenomenological study of therapeutic and recreational listening

Experiences of listening to the Qur'an in Egypt: A qualitative phenomenological study of therapeutic and recreational listening

The Role of Theistic Spirituality in Adolescent Girls' Body Esteem: A Pilot Outcome Study

My Body is a Temple: Eating Disturbances, Religious Involvement, and Mental Health Among Young Adult Women

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