Religious beliefs as coping strategies: exploring the conceptualisation of hope in Islam
Hopelessness tends to correlate with suicidal behaviours. Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS) has been claimed to have a good predictive value in predicting suicidality. However, the low rate of suicide in most Muslim nations as compared to non-Muslim nation indicates hopefulness m...
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my.iium.irep.1029942023-01-05T03:12:07Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/102994/ Religious beliefs as coping strategies: exploring the conceptualisation of hope in Islam Mohd Nasir, Siti Aisyah Borhan, Lihanna Syed Azman, Syarifah Zafirah Fauzi, Nur Afiqah Shahril, Roziana BF Psychology BP190.5 Islamization of Knowledge Hopelessness tends to correlate with suicidal behaviours. Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS) has been claimed to have a good predictive value in predicting suicidality. However, the low rate of suicide in most Muslim nations as compared to non-Muslim nation indicates hopefulness may be a better variable to explain the low rate of suicidality among Muslims. As the BHS lacks this element of hopefulness, especially in integrating the role of religious beliefs as the source of hope to Muslims, the current paper proposes an initiative for BHS to be used in predicting suicidality among Muslims by exploring Quranic verses related to hopefulness. These verses are believed to be the source of strength, comfort and hope for Muslims in facing life difficulties and indirectly predicting the low suicide rate among Muslims. IIUM Press 2022-12-30 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/102994/7/102994_Religious%20beliefs%20as%20coping%20strategies.pdf Mohd Nasir, Siti Aisyah and Borhan, Lihanna and Syed Azman, Syarifah Zafirah and Fauzi, Nur Afiqah and Shahril, Roziana (2022) Religious beliefs as coping strategies: exploring the conceptualisation of hope in Islam. IIUM Journal of Human Sciences, 4 (2). pp. 26-33. E-ISSN 2682-8731 https://journals.iium.edu.my/irkh/index.php/ijohs/article/view/244/144 |
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Hopelessness tends to correlate with suicidal behaviours. Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS) has been claimed to have a good predictive value in predicting suicidality. However, the low rate of suicide in most Muslim nations as compared to non-Muslim nation indicates hopefulness may be a better variable to explain the low rate of suicidality among Muslims. As the BHS lacks this element of hopefulness, especially in integrating the role of religious beliefs as the source of hope to Muslims, the current paper proposes an initiative for BHS to be used in predicting suicidality among Muslims by exploring Quranic verses related to hopefulness. These verses are believed to be the source of strength, comfort and hope for Muslims in facing life difficulties and indirectly predicting the low suicide rate among Muslims. |
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Religious beliefs as coping strategies: exploring the conceptualisation of hope in Islam |
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