TY - JOUR
AU - Al-Adawi, Samir
AB -  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. 
TI - The development of the Short Muslim Practice and Belief Scale
JF - "Mental Health, Religion & Culture"
DO - 10.1080/13674670802637643
DA - 2009-07-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/taylor-francis/the-development-of-the-short-muslim-practice-and-belief-scale-C4bCqOzbOp
SP - 415
EP - 426
VL - 12
IS - 5
DP - DeepDyve
ER -