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Marital Expectations, Spiritual and Cultural Beliefs, Religious Coping, and Marital Satisfaction in Muslim Women
(2026) Iqbal, Syeda Baseera
Marriage is a central institution in Muslim women’s lives, shaped by religious teachings, cultural norms, and personal expectations. However, marital distress often arises when culturally imposed roles are misattributed to Islam, creating confusion, guilt, and emotional strain. The present thesis addresses this gap through two distinct objectives. Objective 1 aimed to develop and content-validate a culturally sensitive Marital Expectations Scale for Muslim women that clearly differentiates expectations rooted in authentic Islamic teachings from those stemming from cultural traditions. Objective 2 examined the relationships between marital expectations, Islamic spiritual beliefs, religious coping strategies, and marital satisfaction. To achieve Objective 1, a multi-phase scale development process was employed. Five in-depth semi-structured interviews with married Muslim women were analysed using inductive thematic analysis. Findings revealed five core domains: pre-marital ideals and sources of expectations, expectation–reality discrepancies, Islamic versus cultural expectations, emotional and psychological consequences, and Islamic coping and reframing. These themes were systematically transformed into scale items using participant language, followed by expert review for content validity and theological clarity. The final refined scale comprised 24 items organised into four subscales—Pre-marital Ideals, Expectation–Reality Discrepancies, Islamic versus Cultural Expectations, and Religious Coping and Reframing, along with one global reflective item, ensuring strong conceptual grounding and cultural relevance. For Objective 2, a quantitative, cross-sectional correlational design was employed. Data were collected from 112 married Muslim women residing in Jamia Nagar, New Delhi. The study assessed Islamic and cultural marital expectations, spirituality-related orientations, religious coping strategies, and marital satisfaction. Multiple regression analysis indicated that Islamic marital expectations were positively associated with marital satisfaction, whereas cultural marital expectations were negatively associated. Due to strong intercorrelations among the spirituality components i.e., Tawakkul, Understanding of Qadar, and Taqwa, they were combined into a composite Spirituality Index, which demonstrated a modest but significant positive contribution. Religious coping strategies emerged as the strongest positive predictor of marital satisfaction, substantially enhancing the overall explanatory power of the model. The findings highlight the central role of religiously grounded expectations and faith-based coping mechanisms in promoting marital well-being, while suggesting that culturally embedded expectations may negatively influence marital satisfaction among Muslim women.
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The Impact of Gratitude (Shukr) on Emotional and Social Well-being
(International Open University (IOU), 2026) Giwa, Taiwo Nurullah
This study investigates the impact of gratitude (shukr) on emotional and social well-being among Muslim adults, integrating perspectives from positive psychology, Islamic psychology and Islamic theology. By utilising a quantitative, cross-sectional design, 266 Muslim adults completed validated measures: the Islamic Gratitude Scale (IGS-10), the Scale of Positive and Negative Experience (SPANE), and the South Wales Social Well-Being Scale (SWSWBS). Results from 243 participants who met the inclusion criteria revealed overwhelmingly high levels of gratitude, emotional well-being, and social well-being. Correlation analyses demonstrated that gratitude was significantly and positively associated with positive affect (r = 0.469, p < 0.001), affect balance (r = 0.410, p < 0.001), and social well-being (r = 0.387, p < 0.001), while being negatively correlated with negative affect (r = -0.204, p = 0.001). Regression analyses further confirmed that gratitude significantly predicted positive emotional and social outcomes. These findings empirically validate Al Ghazali’s multidimensional model of shukr by highlighting its emotional, verbal, and behavioural dimensions and demonstrating their relevance to emotional and social well being. The results underscore the value of psychological approaches that prioritise positive experiences, resilience, and flourishing alongside established disorder focused models, rather than limiting mental health efforts to symptom alleviation alone. By operationalising shukr as a holistic construct and employing culturally relevant measurement tools, the study addresses important conceptual, theoretical, and methodological gaps in gratitude research. The findings further support the integration of gratitude based, faith consistent interventions into mental health promotion initiatives for Muslim communities, with potential benefits for emotional balance, social connectedness, and long term psychological well being.
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Disunity amongst Yoruba Muslims: Impacts and Suggested Solutions
(International Open University (IOU), 2026) Babatunde, Bello Ali
While Islamic unity is a core principle among Muslims, the absence of such poses a myriad of challenges for many Muslim societies across the world. This research study examines the disunity in Yorubaland, taking the southwest of Nigeria as a case study, and applying the qualitative research method to elaborately dissect the historical, institutional, political, economic, and socio-cultural dimensions of disunity in the southwest of Nigeria. The research study begins with the literal and practical explanation of unity within the Islamic context to lay the groundwork for the representation of the idea in the religious doctrine, and its realistic representation, which may entail areas of human imperfection in administration, worship, politics, youth, and women's representation. The study delves into the thematic analysis of disunity in Yorubaland, drawing from the interviews undertaken, plus the historical background of the establishment of Islam between the fifteenth and the nineteenth centuries, to further justify the degree of Islamic pervasiveness across Yorubaland from the old Oyo Empire, and West Africa, by extension. For comparative evaluation, the Senegalese Islamic community was drawn into the context of understanding how Islamic disunity reverberates across religious sects, tribes, economic classes, and generations. The extent of this research is determined by the available historical data and literature sources covering the prominent records of Islamic expansion, collision with the indigenous and colonial rule in Yorubaland, and the manner of co-existence with Christianity, from the colonial era till the present day in southwest Nigeria. The study identified areas of peaceful coexistence and collaboration between Islam and the Yoruba tradition, Islam and Civil Law, and Islam and Christianity, to justify the degree of accommodation and religious tolerance in the religion. On the other hand, the cultural adaptability of the Yoruba ethnicity predominated the elaborate case studies surrounding the relationship between Islam and the Yorubas.
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Pengaruh Self-Reliance Dan Parental Involvement Terhadap Hasil Belajar Siswa Sd Negeri Di Wilayah Perbatasan Nunukan
(2026-09-01) Armilawati
This study examined the effects of self-reliance and parental involvement on the learning outcomes of public elementary school students in the Nunukan border area. A quantitative correlational approach was used with 93 second-grade students of SD Negeri 003 Kecamatan Nunukan as the units of analysis. Self-reliance data were collected through a student questionnaire, parental involvement data through a parent or guardian questionnaire, and learning outcomes from official school academic records. Both instruments demonstrated very high reliability, with Cronbach’s alpha coefficients of 0.986 for self-reliance and 0.989 for parental involvement. The data were analyzed using multiple linear regression. The findings showed that self-reliance did not have a statistically significant partial effect on learning outcomes, whereas parental involvement had a positive and significant effect. Together, self-reliance and parental involvement significantly predicted learning outcomes. The model explained 12.6% of the variance in learning outcomes, with parental involvement showing a stronger relative contribution than self-reliance. These findings underscore the importance of parental involvement and family-school partnerships while supporting the gradual development of students’ independence in accordance with their developmental stage.
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Dari Hampa Menjadi Bermakna: Studi Fenomenologi Existential Emptiness Dan Meaning In Life Pada Ibu Rumah Tangga Muslimah
(2026-08-24) Andriyani, Avie
Not all women find meaning in married life. Some instead experience existential emptiness, which gives rise to a renewed search for meaning in life. This study aims to describe the experiences of existential emptiness and meaning in life among Muslim housewives. Although this phenomenon has been widely discussed in existential psychology, studies describing the subjective experiences of existential emptiness and meaning in life among Muslim housewives remain limited. This study employed a qualitative approach involving four Muslim housewives as participants selected through convenience sampling. Data were collected through semi structured in-depth interviews, transcribed verbatim, and analyzed using a descriptive phenomenological approach to generate themes representing the participants' lived experiences. The findings revealed four major themes: the transition to the role of a housewife, existential emptiness, meaning in life, and religious coping. Experiences of existential emptiness were characterized by feelings of emptiness, loss of life direction, identity confusion, loneliness, boredom, and discrepancies between personal expectations and the realities of life. These experiences became points of reflection in the participants' process of rediscovering meaning in life through embracing their roles as wives and mothers, fostering family relationships, engaging in self-development, contributing to others, and strengthening their spiritual closeness to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. Various forms of religious coping also became an integral part of the participants' process of confronting existential emptiness and reconstructing the meaning of their lives. This study demonstrates that existential emptiness is part of the lived experiences of Muslim housewives and may serve as a point of reflection in the process of discovering meaning in life. The findings enrich the field of Islamic psychology by advancing the understanding of existential emptiness and meaning in life among muslim housewives.