Over the last 15 years, social scientists increasingly have used focus groups as a method for
collecting qualitative data. With focus groups, a moderator uses the group process with a …

Purpose: To describe successful and not‐so‐successful strategies for recruiting and
retaining Arab Muslim immigrant women and their adolescent children for research. Design …

As in many cultures and religions, the stigma of mental illness and treatment in the Muslim
immigrant community is deep-rooted. Compounded with the cultural mistrust of the Western …

This article argues that religion should be fully integrated into cross-cultural research for four
reasons:(a) religion, by itself, occupies a substantial role in people's lives across different …

Islamic counselling is a form of counselling which incorporates spirituality into the
therapeutic process. Until now there has been little material available on the subject with no …

This book contributes to the growing field of foreign language teaching and testing by
shedding light on mediation between languages. Stathopoulou offers an empirically …

Relatively little information exists on the provision of culturally competent services to
Muslims, in spite of the growing presence of this population in the United States …

Abstract The South Asian culture is one in which family obligation and loyalty, as well as self-
sacrifice and obedience toward one's elders, are paramount. These values can be different …

Although there is ample evidence of discrimination toward Muslim Americans in general,
there is limited information specific to Muslim American adolescents. The few existing …

We adapted the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) for use with
Arab immigrant women (MSPSS-AW) and estimated the psychometric properties of the …