Department of Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology, Marquette University, 561 N 15th St., P.O. Box 1881, Milwaukee, WI, 53233, USA.
Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, Marquette University, Lalumiere Hall, 474, 1310 W. Clybourn St., Milwaukee, WI, 53233, USA.
J Relig Health. 2022 Oct;61(5):3637-3654. doi: 10.1007/s10943-022-01600-x. Epub 2022 Jun 24.
The goal of our study was to explore how first-generation immigrant/refugee Muslim women experience prayer and mindfulness in relation to their mental health. Participants were nine women from an urban city in the Midwestern USA. The women completed a structured demographic survey and a virtual semi-structured interview in a focus group. Using qualitative thematic analysis, we obtained four overarching themes from the data: (a) Prayer helps to build community, (b) Prayer promotes wellbeing, (c) Prayer increases faith, and (d) Prayer encourages intentional awareness. The findings demonstrate that prayer involves awareness and has a strong influence on the mental health of the women participants.
我们的研究旨在探索第一代移民/难民穆斯林女性在心理健康方面是如何体验祈祷和正念的。参与者是来自美国中西部一个城市的九名女性。这些女性完成了一份结构化的人口统计调查，并在一个焦点小组中进行了虚拟半结构化访谈。通过定性主题分析，我们从数据中获得了四个总体主题：(a) 祈祷有助于建立社区，(b) 祈祷促进健康，(c) 祈祷增加信仰，以及(d) 祈祷鼓励有意识的意识。研究结果表明，祈祷涉及意识，并对参与者的心理健康有很大影响。
