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A Preliminary Analysis of the Process of Spiritual Jihad Among U.S. Muslims.

Saritoprak, Seyma Nur
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1508079367671773

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2017, Master of Arts, Case Western Reserve University, Psychology.
Despite the positive outcomes associated with religion and spirituality (r/s), religion and spirituality can also be sources of struggle. Several studies have found such r/s struggles to be linked with greater levels of distress, while others have found them to be associated with growth-related outcomes. The author proposes that growth from struggles is a prominent experience in Islamic spirituality, referred to as spiritual jihad. The main hypothesis of this work was that incorporating a spiritual jihad mindset would result in greater well-being-related outcomes and buffer against the experience of r/s struggles. The project included two samples of U.S. Muslims: an online sample (N= 280) and a community sample (N= 74). The project provided preliminary evidence of reliability and validity for a new measure of spiritual jihad mindset. Results revealed Islamic religiousness and perceived closeness with God predicted greater endorsement of a spiritual jihad mindset among participants from both samples. A spiritual jihad mindset was positively associated with greater levels of positive religious coping (both samples), spiritual and post-traumatic growth (both samples), and virtuous behaviors (MTurk sample), and negatively associated with depression and anxiety (MTurk sample), and certain vices (MTurk sample).
Julie Exline, PhD (Committee Chair)
Brooke Macnamara, PhD (Committee Member)
Sandra Russ, PhD (Committee Member)
116 p.
Psychology
spiritual jihad, Islam, Muslims, struggles, growth

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  • Saritoprak, S. N. (2017). A Preliminary Analysis of the Process of Spiritual Jihad Among U.S. Muslims. [Master's thesis, Case Western Reserve University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1508079367671773

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Saritoprak, Seyma. A Preliminary Analysis of the Process of Spiritual Jihad Among U.S. Muslims. . 2017. Case Western Reserve University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1508079367671773.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Saritoprak, Seyma. "A Preliminary Analysis of the Process of Spiritual Jihad Among U.S. Muslims. ." Master's thesis, Case Western Reserve University, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1508079367671773

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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