Abstract
The majority of the measures of religious practice and belief found in the literature are for persons of the Christian faith; such measures for Muslims are scarce. As examining the role of religion in relation to alcohol consumption is difficult because of the lack of appropriate measures, in the current study, a brief measure of practice and belief for persons of the Islamic faith was developed. Arab Muslims living the United Arab Emirates and Oman (n = 611) and Asian Muslims living in Malaysia and Indonesia (n = 303) were surveyed. The Short Muslim Practice and Belief scale (Short-MPBS) was subjected to exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis. These analyses indicated a 9-item measure with a two-factor structure was a good fit of the data. Internal consistency (α = 0.83) and validity were good. Participants who scored higher on the measure were likely to be lifelong alcohol abstainers.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 415-426 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | Mental Health, Religion and Culture |
Volume | 12 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jul 2009 |
Keywords
- Alcohol
- Arab
- Islam
- Psychometric
- Scale development
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Clinical Psychology
- Psychiatry and Mental health