Other research on conversion to Judaism has investigated who converts, why they do so, and what the outcome of conversion is in terms of religious observance, Jewish identity, ethnicity, and success in forming Jewish family life. This qualitative project focused on the "process"…
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In this study, the coping efforts of Turkish couples, one of whom had Type II diabetes, were examined from a dyadic perspective. The aim was to investigate in detail the coping strategies used by the couples which served the primary function of relieving partner's stress rather …
This ethnographic study analyses the discourses of twenty Turkish men who have sex with other men, aiming to make sense of discernable patternings in their most intimate lives. The research documents the meanings ascribed to same-sex behavior by various participants, and sheds l…
This study measures the relationship between assimilation, acculturation and delinquent behavior among a population of 160 male Turkish adolescents, age 14 to 21, in Berlin, West Germany. A self-report survey measuring delinquency, identity, and behavioral, structural and cultur…
Exploration of attitudes towards arranged marriages were examined from the perspective of second-generation Pakistani Muslim women living in a western society. Symbolic Interactionism and Interpretive Interactionism were the theoretical and methodological considerations respecti…
The purpose of this study was to determine if Arabic male and female children perceived differential treatment by their parents. Arabic families, immigrant and first generation, have tried to maintain their culture, while living in a new country with a culture different from the…
The research question for this study is: how do religious and ethnic identities intersect for second-generation Americans? Is religious identification consistently coupled with strong ethnic identity among second-generation Americans, as posited by the current literature on is t…
This study explored the relationship between religiosity and marital satisfaction among Muslims. Additionally, the difference between males and females in their marital satisfaction and religiosity, and the personal characteristics that are associated with religiosity and marita…
This study investigated the lives of a community of Muslim women living in California's Silicon Valley. Its focus was listening to Muslim women speaking their mind, telling their stories of the experience of how they maintain a Muslim identity and practice Islam in the United St…
The study investigates the relationship between gender-role egalitarianism, socio-demographic and economic background, degree of adaptation towards life in a foreign country and marital quality of the Malay-Muslim student couples in the United States of America. Marital Quality …
After W.W.II several waves of mostly highly educated, middle-class, traditional Muslim families from Shaam arrived in Canada. The major problem that faced them, as a result of cultural differences with their new milieu, was the unresponsiveness of their living environment in Mon…
This dissertation reconsiders the cross-national determinants of female employment. It develops a more complete model to examine the roles of development and Islam in determining the female share of the labor force (FSHLF). First, this study explores the complexity of a neopatri…
To date, little formal work has been done concerning the particular experiences of Muslim refugee women residing in the United States. An improved understanding of these women's needs would lead to enhanced and more cost-efficient service provision to this population. The goal o…
This Thesis explores the welfare response to wife abuse in the Muslim community of Metropolitan Toronto by employing a qualitative interviewing methodology. The Thesis identifies the need to conduct qualitative sociological research to properly understand and respond to the chal…
Data for this ethnographic study were collected over a period of two months in Islamabad, Pakistan. This study explored the daily life experiences of eleven mothers who cared for children with disabilities in a low socioeconomic setting. A holistic perspective of caregiving beli…
The science and technology of live, related renal transplantation in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan are identical to those in the West, but the application of this universal science occurs in a particularized world, one with an epistemology of moral behavior that is different …
The purpose of this ethnographic study was to describe and analyze the Gulf Arab woman's perspective of her transition to the role of motherhood within her culture. Leininger's Culture Care Diversity and Universality theory and Chick, Meleis, and Schumacher's Transition Framewor…