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. 2023 Sep;51(7):2927-2942.
doi: 10.1002/jcop.23037. Epub 2023 Apr 4.

The complex role of the community in the determination of well-being and hope among divorced Muslim women

Ruba Abu-Ras  1 , Yael Itzhaki-Braun  1
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The complex role of the community in the determination of well-being and hope among divorced Muslim women

Ruba Abu-Ras et al. J Community Psychol. 2023 Sep.

Abstract

Based on social capital theory, in the current study, we examined the contribution of background variables (education and living with/without parents), a personal resource (religiosity), and two communal resources (a sense of community, and both positive and negative societal conditional regard) to the well-being and hope of divorced women from the Muslim community in Israel. The study included 125 women between the ages of 20 and 60 (M = 36, SD = 9.10). A path analysis model indicated a sense of community as a protective factor that directly contributed to well-being and hope and also mediated positively between education and religiosity and between well-being and hope. However, societal conditional negative regard (SCNR) made a negative contribution to well-being and hope, both directly and indirectly via the sense of community. In the discussion, we highlight the conflict experienced by Muslim divorced women: between remaining part of the Muslim community and undergoing SCNR.

Keywords: divorced women; hope; sense of community; social capital; societal conditional regard; the Muslim community; well-being.

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