عنوان

El azima: Arab women, Islam, and power. How personal power is developed, experienced, and expressed by Bahraini Muslim women

Number

TL49193

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انگلیسی

Title Proper

El azima: Arab women, Islam, and power. How personal power is developed, experienced, and expressed by Bahraini Muslim women

General Material Designation

[Thesis]

First Statement of Responsibility

Dana AlShirawi

Subsequent Statement of Responsibility

Wade, Jenny

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Sofia University

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2016

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

182

Text of Note

Committee members: Heery, Myrtle; Judy, Dwight

Text of Note

Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-369-43995-3

Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree

Ph.D.

Discipline of degree

Residential Clinical Psychology

Body granting the degree

Sofia University

Text preceding or following the note

2016

Text of Note

The purpose of this mixed-methods study was to explore how personal power is developed, experienced, and expressed by empowered Bahraini Muslim women. Participants in the study consisted of 24 female leaders ranging in age from 34 to 70 years, who scored positively on the General Self-Efficacy Scale, Self-Determination Questionnaire, and Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale used to measure degrees of personal power. The qualitative study utilized semi-structured interview transcripts that were thematically analyzed. Major findings showed that Bahraini women leaders with personal power had childhoods that included supportive parents who prioritized education, encouraged the pursuit of higher education, and backed their professional career decisions. Strong fathers were found to be a critical factor in the cultivation of the women's sense of personal power and achievement. The study also found that these women exhibited specific personal power characteristics such as achievement, self-awareness and personal competency, a conception of power, and sense of duty to service. Additionally, the role of Islam and spirituality was found to be significant in the development of personal power for these women.

Womens studies; Islamic Studies; Clinical psychology; Spirituality

Subject Term

Philosophy, religion and theology;Social sciences;Psychology;Arab women;Bahraini women;Female empowerment;Mixed-methods study;Personal power

Dai, Fu

Wade, Jenny

Subdivision

Residential Clinical Psychology

Sofia University

Call Number

1865331085; 10251085

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[Thesis]

276903

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