Abu-Raiya Hisham, Ayten Ali, Agbaria Qutaiba, Tekke Mustafa
Hisham Abu-Raiya, PhD, is professor and senior lecturer, Bob Shapell School of Social Work, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978 Israel; e-mail:
Soc Work. 2018 Oct 1;63(4):347-356. doi: 10.1093/sw/swy031.
This investigation applied a cross-sectional comparative methodology to examine the levels, predictors, and consequences of religious struggles among a multinational sample of 706 Muslims recruited in three universities in Israel/Palestine, Turkey, and Malaysia. Participants were asked to provide demographics and complete measures of religious struggles, satisfaction with life, and generalized anxiety. Three main findings emerged from the study: (1) In general, participants reported low levels of religious struggles; (2) Turks scored significantly higher than both Palestinians and Malaysians on religious struggles; (3) higher levels of generalized anxiety were predicted by higher levels of religious struggles among Malaysians only, and lower levels of satisfaction with life were predicted by higher levels of religious struggles among Palestinians and Turks only. These findings suggest that the links between religious struggles and health and well-being among Muslims are complex, and call for a nuanced detailed analysis of the religious struggles phenomenon among this population.
本调查采用横断面比较方法，对在以色列/巴勒斯坦、土耳其和马来西亚的三所大学招募的706名穆斯林跨国样本中的宗教斗争水平、预测因素和后果进行了研究。参与者被要求提供人口统计学信息，并完成宗教斗争、生活满意度和广泛性焦虑的测量。该研究得出了三个主要结果：（1）总体而言，参与者报告的宗教斗争水平较低；（2）土耳其人在宗教斗争方面的得分显著高于巴勒斯坦人和马来西亚人；（3）仅在马来西亚人中，较高水平的宗教斗争预示着较高水平的广泛性焦虑，而仅在巴勒斯坦人和土耳其人中，较高水平的宗教斗争预示着较低的生活满意度。这些发现表明，穆斯林中宗教斗争与健康和幸福之间的联系很复杂，需要对这一人群中的宗教斗争现象进行细致入微的详细分析。
