APS

30th APS Annual Convention · 2018

Acclimation of Muslim Converts within Muslim Communities

San Francisco, CA · May 2018

Poster · Cross-Cutting Theme Poster - Psychology of Inequality

  • Dina Bdaiwi
    University of California, Irvine

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to understand the lived experience of American Muslim converts in their acclimation process to their local Muslim communities. Focusing on cultural impacts and identity formation. The qualitative analysis found that Muslim converts experience acclimation through the need of a sense of community.

Religion

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