The role of social vs. physical environmental nuisances in affecting stress among Jewish and Muslim women in Israel

Saadi, Diana; Tirosh, Emanuel; Schnell, Izhak

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144474

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“…As revealed in other studies, the perspective of a need to "make it through the first month" in primiparous women is a psychological burden and implies a series of maternal responsibilities [46], this being the time when motherhood is de-idealized [47], as highlighted in the present study. Muslim mothers, in addition, suffer higher levels of maternal stress than Jewish mothers [48] because they are not always allowed to leave the house [49]. However, Muslim women consider that mothering demands many sacrifices, which Allah will reward them for.…”

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Muslim and Christian Women’s Perceptions of the Influence of Spirituality and Religious Beliefs on Motherhood and Child-Rearing: A Phenomenological Study

Moreno-Ávila,

Martínez-Linares,

Mimun-Navarro

et al. 2023

Healthcare

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(1) Background: Spirituality is a factor that plays a role in decisions related to health and illness. When a woman becomes a mother, she undergoes physical, psychological, and social changes for which healthcare professionals must provide the necessary care. However, women may feel misunderstood and stigmatized when they carry out their religious practices and express their spirituality related to motherhood. The aim of this study was to describe the experiences of women with Muslim and Christian religious ideologies on the influence of spirituality and religious beliefs in motherhood and child-rearing. (2) Methods: A descriptive phenomenological qualitative study with two groups of women of Islamic and Christian ideology, respectively. Three focus groups and in-depth interviews were conducted, recorded, transcribed, and analyzed with ATLAS.ti 7.0. An inductive analysis was carried out according to the Moustakas model. (3) Results: Three themes were identified: religious and cultural aspects that determine child-rearing, the influence of spirituality and family on the mother’s role, and the support received from healthcare personnel. (4) Conclusions: Spirituality and religious beliefs are manifested during motherhood and child-rearing in the form of infant feeding, the need for their protection, or the need for support from mothers. Healthcare personnel must be able to offer culturally competent and spiritually respectful care. Patients should not be judged based on their spirituality.

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Muslim and Christian Women’s Perceptions of the Influence of Spirituality and Religious Beliefs on Motherhood and Child-Rearing: A Phenomenological Study

Moreno-Ávila,

Martínez-Linares,

Mimun-Navarro

et al. 2023

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“…Therefore, we consider it as a pilot study. Data were collected from 72, middle class, healthy, young, non-smoking, and nonmedicated married women aged 20 to 35 who took part in an ecological study [21]. They were recruited using a snowball procedure.…”

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“…Few studies also relate to social loads as sources of stress and risk to health [18]. Overload, fear of violence and discrimination are mentioned as major social stressors [19][20][21].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In this study, our focus is on the coping mechanism as reflected by the emotional, cognitive and physiological aspects and not on the effects of different environments on stress and risk to health. Therefore, we do not distinguish between ethnicities and environments but we analyze the whole data set without accounting for ethnicity as we did in former studies [21,55].…”

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Women Emotional, Cognitive and Physiological Modes of Coping with Daily Urban Environments: A Pilot Study

Schnell

Hijazi

Saadi

et al. 2022

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Studies on the effect of urban environments on human risk to health and well-being tend to focus on either physiological or cognitive and emotional effects. For each of these effects, several indicators have been proposed. They are determined either by a physiological-emotional theory or by a cognitive theory of direct attention. However, the interrelationships between these indices have not been thoroughly investigated in environmental contexts. Recently, a neuro-visceral model that incorporates all three aspects has been proposed. The present article focuses on understanding the mechanism of coping with urban environments. More specifically, we analyze the interrelations among nine of the more commonly used indices that represent the physiological, emotional and cognitive aspects of coping with urban environments. The data were collected in the following four environments: home, park, city center and residential area. The participants were 72 healthy, middle-class mothers with either high school or postgraduate education. They wherein their fertile age (20–35) with average Body Mass Index (BMI) of 22.2 and S.D. of 0.8 (48 Arab Muslims and 24 Jewish). They were recruited in a snowball method. Path analysis and principal component analysis are used in order to identify the interrelations among the physiological, cognitive and emotional indices and the directions of these interrelations. According to the findings, the Autonomic Nervous System (ANS), as measured by Heart Rate Variability (HRV) and primarily the parasympathetic tone (High frequency-HF) is the pivotal mechanism that modulates emotional and cognitive responses to environmental nuisances. The ANS response precedes and may trigger the emotional and the cognitive responses, which are only partially interrelated. It appears that the autonomic balance measured by Standard Deviation of NN interval (SDNN) and HF, the cognitive index of restoration and the emotional indices of discomfort and relaxation are closely interrelated. These seemingly disparate operands work together to form a comprehensive underlying network that apparently causes stress and risk to health in urban environments while restoring health in green environments.

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The role of social vs. physical environmental nuisances in affecting stress among Jewish and Muslim women in Israel

Cited by 2 publications

References 47 publications

Muslim and Christian Women’s Perceptions of the Influence of Spirituality and Religious Beliefs on Motherhood and Child-Rearing: A Phenomenological Study

Muslim and Christian Women’s Perceptions of the Influence of Spirituality and Religious Beliefs on Motherhood and Child-Rearing: A Phenomenological Study

Women Emotional, Cognitive and Physiological Modes of Coping with Daily Urban Environments: A Pilot Study

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