عنوان

An Exploration of Perceived Religious Discrimination on the Preservation of Muslim Religiosity among Ethnic Bosniaks in the U.S.

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انگلیسی

An Exploration of Perceived Religious Discrimination on the Preservation of Muslim Religiosity among Ethnic Bosniaks in the U.S.

[Thesis]

O'Brien, Sheila

Dass-Brailsford, Priscilla

The Chicago School of Professional Psychology

2019

90

Psy.D.

The Chicago School of Professional Psychology

2019

Anti-Muslim prejudice in America has been on the rise since the September 11th terrorist attacks resulting in widespread religious and cultural discrimination of many foreign-born immigrants who ascribe to the Muslim faith (Amer & Bagasra, 2013). Indeed, it has been suggested that approximately twenty-five years after the ratification of the Dayton Peace Accords that ended the near four-year long conflict and persecution of Muslims and other ethnic groups in Bosnia-Herzegovina (1992−1995), a population's cultural and religious identity is once again under threat, however this time in America (Bridge Initiative Team, 2018). The current study explores the relations among perceived religious discrimination, acculturation, and psychological flexibility on the preservation of Muslim religiosity, among ethnic Bosniaks in the United States. Utilizing a correlation research design to determine whether, and/or how significant, relations exist among Muslim religiosity and perceived religious discrimination, acculturation, and psychological flexibility, this study explores how these variables impact Bosnian Muslims' social identity development, in a post-9/11 American climate. John Berry's (1980) bidimensional model of acculturation provides the theoretical framework of this study from the perspective of a cultural psychology lens. Research findings seek to inform community mental health practices relating to the cultural competency needs of ethnic and religious minority populations experiencing religious discrimination, in a post-9/11 American society.

Clinical psychology

Mental health

Religion

Slavic studies

Social psychology

Dass-Brailsford, Priscilla

O'Brien, Sheila

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[Thesis]

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