Psychometric Properties of Two Islamic Measures among Young Adults in Kuwait: The Sahin-Francis Scale of Attitude toward Islam and the Sahin Index of Islamic Moral Values

Development of a Multidimensional Measure of Islamic Spirituality (MMIS)

“…Future research can help in determining if these two domains are reflective of each other or can be studied as two separate domains. Francis, Sahin, and Al-Failakawi (2008), Abu-Raiya (2008), and Salleh and colleagues, (2000) attempted to measure the domain of Islamic morality in their researches. However, they assessed morality through fewer items, which didn't encompass the many other aspects of moral dealings.…”

“…The other tools, which have utilized a number of items and are grounded in Islamic perspective, either measure single dimension (such as religious practices or moral values) or have reported inadequate psychometric properties. For example, Francis, Sahin and Al-Failakawi (2008), and Salleh and colleagues (2000) attempted to measure the domain of Islamic morality, however these scales are based on a few items which lack the depth inherent in this domain (for example, important questions about moral dealings like pretense, spying, backbiting, and miserly behavior are missing). Dover, Miner, and Dowson (2007) and Gohar (2005) explored a similar dimension as the feeling of close bond with Allah and search for divinity.…”

Religiosity, Social Support, and Health among the Elderly in Kuwait

“…To examine the properties of two instruments related to Islamic attitudes and moral values among young adults in the secondary school in Kuwait, Francis, Sahin, and Failakawi (2008) found that these instruments have "internal consistency reliability and construct validity" (p.9). Other health studies found a significant relationship between religiosity and the well-being of traumatized males and females (Ridah, 2009), obesity (Al-Kandari, 2007b, and fertility rates (Adal, 2001).…”

“…Many empirical studies measure Islamic religiosity using different scales. For example, "alexithymia, emotional intelligence, self-consciousness, and physiological adjustment" (Ghorbani & Watson, 2006), strength of faith (Mussap, 2009), beliefs and practice (AlMari et al, 2009;Jana-Masri & Priester, 2007), knowledge (Alghorani, 2008), attitudes and values (Francis et al, 2008), and worldview (Wilde & Joseph, 1997) of Islam were used by different and multi-dimensional scales.…”

Inside the mosque: a study in psychological-type profiling

“…Within the past decade or so, a new stream within the empirical psychology of religion has emerged within or against the background of the Islamic tradition, as illustrated by the following studies: Wilde and Joseph (1997), Hood (2000, 2002), Leach, Piedmont, and Monteiro (2001), Hood, Ghorbani, Watson, Ghramaleki, Bing, Davidson, Morris and Williamson (2001), AbdelKhalek (2002AbdelKhalek ( , 2006AbdelKhalek ( , 2011, Khan and Watson (2004, 2006, Ghorbani, Watson, Krauss, Bing and Davison (2004), Khan, Watson and Habib (2005), Ghorbani and Watson (2006), Francis, Sahin, and Al-Ansari (2006), Francis, Sahin, and Al-Failakawi (2008), Johnstone and Tiliopoulos (2008), Abu-Rayya and Abu-Rayya (2009), Ghorbani, Watson, Zarehi, and Shamohammadi (2010), Momtaz, Hamid, Ibrahim, Yahaya, and Chai (2011), Abdel-Khalek and Eid (2011).…”