Influence of Religiosity on Youths’ Attitudes Towards People with Disabilities in the United Arab Emirates

Hamza Hammad; Iffat Elbarazi; Malik Bendak; Khaled Obaideen; Asma Amanatullah; Bibi Sara Badshah Khan; Leila Ismail; Alex Kieu; Moien AB Khan

doi:10.1007/s10943-022-01646-x

Influence of Religiosity on Youths’ Attitudes Towards People with Disabilities in the United Arab Emirates

Hamza Hammad, Iffat Elbarazi, Malik Bendak, Khaled Obaideen, Asma Amanatullah, Bibi Sara Badshah Khan, Leila Ismail, Alex Kieu, Moien AB Khan

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This cross-sectional survey investigates the influence of youths’ religiosity on their attitude towards people with disabilities. The Muslim religiosity questionnaire and multidimensional attitudes scale towards persons with disabilities were used to survey 733 youths from the federal university in the United Arab Emirates. The results indicated that the youths were religious and had positive attitudes towards people with disabilities. An increase in religiosity is associated with a positive attitude towards disability, and both religiosity and total family income positively impacted the attitude towards people with disabilities. Reducing inequalities by including persons with disabilities is one of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development objectives. Policies should aim to enhance curriculum, improvise public guidelines and partner with associated faith-based leaders to build an inclusive society for people with disabilities, thus helping to achieve sustainable development goals.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2423-2442
Number of pages	20
Journal	Journal of Religion and Health
Volume	63
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-022-01646-x
Publication status	Published - Jun 2024

Keywords

Disability
Muslim Religiosity
People of determination
Social inclusion
Sustainable Development Goals
United Arab Emirates

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General Nursing
Religious studies

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