The Relationship between Islamic Faith, Resilience, Social Support and Psychological Well-being of Muslim Mothers with Infant Admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Abstract:
Objective: The purpose of this study were to examine the relationship between Islamic faith,
resilience, social support, and the psychological well-being of Muslim mothers. Purposive sampling
was used to select a sample of 100 Muslim mothers who have children being treated in the NICU of
secondary and tertiary hospitals in three Southern border provinces. A standardized interview was
used to collect data through six questionnaires including 1) a demographic questionnaire for mothers
2) a demographic and health of infants record form, 3) an Islamic Faith Questionnaire, 4) Resilience
Inventory, 5) The Modified Version of Social Support Questionnaire, and 6) a Psychological Wellbeing Scale-Thai. The content validity index of the Islamic Faith Questionnaire yielded a value of
1.00. Cronbachs alpha coefficient was used to examine the reliability of the Islamic Faith
Questionnaire, Resilience Inventory, Modified Version of Social Support Questionnaire, and
Psychological Well-being Scale-Thai, yielding values of .85, .93, .89, and .67 respectively.
Cronbachs alpha coefficient of the Psychological Well-being Scale-Thai was .79 when used with a
sample of 100 Muslim mothers. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Pearsons correlation,
and Spearmans rho correlation coefficient. The finding showed that Islamic faith and resilience had a
moderate significant positive correlation with the psychological well-being of Muslim mothers (rs =
.43, p < .0 0 1 and r = .31, p < .01, respectively). Social support had a low significant positive
correlation with the psychological well-being of Muslim mothers (r = .29, p < .01). The results of this
study can be used as a guide to promote the psychological well-being of Muslim mothers by
developing a program to enhance Islamic faith, resilience, and social support.