Muslim Verbal and Active Prayer (MVAP): Measurement and Psychological Functioning of Supplications in Islam

IF 1.7 2区哲学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

International Journal for the Psychology of Religion Pub Date : 2020-12-10 DOI:10.1080/10508619.2020.1858254

Z. Chen, Mustafa Tekke, K. Mastor, Saim Kayadibi

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Abstract

ABSTRACT Prayer is an important aspect of many religions. Existing measures of prayer have mostly originated from the Christian West and emphasized various “verbal” aspects of making a supplication. An “active” aspect of prayer, in which the supplicants strive for what they pray, has not received sufficient attention despite being crucial to Muslim belief. Based on the Islamic scholar Said Nursi’s conceptualization, the current study developed and validated a 7-item, 2-factor measure of Muslim Verbal and Active Prayer (MVAP). The measure showed good construct validity in two independent Muslim samples (N = 297 and 179) in exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses. It demonstrated not only convergent validity, but showed incremental validity predicting religious and psychological adjustment over and above Muslim religiosity and spirituality. In addition, the Muslim prayers invigorated and integrated Muslim religious spirituality in its expression of religious and psychological adjustment. This brief measure has potential to deepen empirical studies of Muslim psychology, and prayer research in general.

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穆斯林口头和主动祈祷（MVAP）：伊斯兰教中祷告的测量和心理功能

祈祷是许多宗教的一个重要方面。现有的祈祷方式大多起源于西方基督教，强调祈求的各种“口头”方面。祈祷的“积极”方面，即祈祷者为他们祈祷的东西而努力，尽管对穆斯林信仰至关重要，但没有得到足够的重视。基于伊斯兰学者赛义德·努尔西(Said Nursi)的概念，目前的研究开发并验证了穆斯林口头和主动祈祷(MVAP)的7项2因素测量。在探索性和验证性因素分析中，两个独立的穆斯林样本(N = 297和179)显示出良好的结构效度。它不仅显示出收敛效度，而且在预测穆斯林的宗教信仰和精神方面显示出增量效度。此外，回教祈祷在宗教和心理调适的表现上，使回教的宗教精神得到活跃和融合。这个简短的措施有可能深化穆斯林心理学的实证研究，以及一般的祈祷研究。

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International Journal for the Psychology of Religion Multiple-

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期刊介绍： The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion (IJPR) is devoted to psychological studies of religious processes and phenomena in all religious traditions. This journal provides a means for sustained discussion of psychologically relevant issues that can be examined empirically and concern religion in the most general sense. It presents articles covering a variety of important topics, such as the social psychology of religion, religious development, conversion, religious experience, religion and social attitudes and behavior, religion and mental health, and psychoanalytic and other theoretical interpretations of religion. The journal publishes research reports, brief research reports, commentaries on relevant topical issues, book reviews, and statements addressing articles published in previous issues. The journal may also include a major essay and commentaries, perspective papers of the theory, and articles on the psychology of religion in a specific country.