The Development and Validation of a Modesty Measure for Diverse Muslim Populations. J Relig Health 2019 Apr;58(2):408-425
Date
11/23/2018Pubmed ID
30465264DOI
10.1007/s10943-018-0734-8Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85056818499 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 9 CitationsAbstract
This paper reports on the multi-phase development of an English-language modesty measure for use among Muslim populations. The process yielded a 10-item measure that has high levels of internal consistency reliability (Cronbach's α of 0.83), and has acceptable discriminant and predictive validity. Specifically although our modesty measure for Muslim women was found to be significantly correlated with measures of positive and negative religious (Islamic) coping, it was not significantly correlated with religious practice-based religiosity (discriminant validity). Further logistic modeling revealed higher modesty levels positively associated with forgoing mammography because of concerns about lack of same-sex providers (predictive validity).
Author List
Padela AI, Nageeb S, Vu M, Quinn MTAuthor
Aasim Padela MD Vice Chair, Professor in the Emergency Medicine department at Medical College of WisconsinMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
Adaptation, PsychologicalFemale
Humans
Islam
Language
Mammography
Psychometrics
Reproducibility of Results
Self Concept
Surveys and Questionnaires