عنوان

Understanding American Muslim Youth of Arab and South Asian Ancestries: An Exploratory Study on the Factors Related to Risk Behaviors among Child Immigrants and Children of Immigrants

شماره

TL48097

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

Understanding American Muslim Youth of Arab and South Asian Ancestries: An Exploratory Study on the Factors Related to Risk Behaviors among Child Immigrants and Children of Immigrants

نام عام مواد

[Thesis]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Fatima Y. Mirza

نام ساير پديدآوران

DePanfilis, Diane

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

University of Maryland, Baltimore

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

2014

نام خاص و کميت اثر

177

متن يادداشت

Committee members: Collins, Kathryn S.; DeForge, Bruce R.; Lindsey, Michael A.; Matto, Holly C.

متن يادداشت

Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-321-49366-5

جزئيات پايان نامه و نوع درجه آن

Ph.D.

نظم درجات

Social Work

کسي که مدرک را اعطا کرده

University of Maryland, Baltimore

امتياز متن

2014

متن يادداشت

Literature about the relationship between health risk behavior and identity among South Asian and Arab Muslim American adolescents is limited. Past studies suggest that cultures of origin, social support, and high religiosity may serve as protective factors while trauma, poor mental health, and social stigma may encourage engagement in health risk behaviors. The primary aim of this dissertation was to describe risk behaviors among Muslim American youth of Arab and South Asian ancestry and to explore the degree to which risk behaviors were related to demographics, personal history factors, identity, social support, trauma, religiosity, and/or spirituality. Fifty-seven 12 to 17 year old youths recruited from Muslim communities on the East Coast completed an in-person, computer assisted survey that explored life experiences, identity, social support, mental health, religiosity, spirituality, and behavior. The majority of participants were masjid-affiliated (mosques). Respondents reported low engagement in health risk behaviors. The number of trauma experiences was positively related to self-reports of risk behaviors, while pride in American identity and racial/ethnic identity were related to fewer self-reports of risk behaviors. No other variables were significantly associated with risk behaviors. None of the youth reported clinical levels of depression, anxiety, or trauma symptoms. When all findings were examined together, they indicated that young people who were more isolated, had experienced more stressors and had parents who immigrated with less social support were more likely to engage in health risk behaviors. Social Workers are uniquely equipped to identify, assess, and respond to factors related to youth engagement in risk behaviors. Results may support using Problem Behavior Theory, specifically the Protection-Risk Model, to conceptualize risk behavior among Muslim American youth. For example, findings confirmed a relationship between both high support protection and low vulnerability risk with low self-reported risk behaviors. However, findings of this dissertation study are limited due to its small, convenience sample. Future studies should continue to explore factors related to health risk behaviors among Muslim American youth. In particular, studies should recruit youth unaffiliated with mosques, Muslims of other ethnicities, and Muslims who have been in the United States for multiple generations.

موضوع مستند نشده

Social work; Islamic Studies

اصطلاح موضوعی

Social sciences;Adolescent;Arab;Health risk behavior;Mental health;Muslim;South asian

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Chabukswar, Rohan

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

DePanfilis, Diane

تقسيم فرعي

Social Work

مستند نام تنالگان تاييد نشده

University of Maryland, Baltimore

شماره بازیابی

1652005306; 3672057

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Thesis]

کد کاربرگه

276903

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y