Adaptation of Religiousness Measure for Muslim Women in Pakistan

Abstract

The present study has attempted to adapt the Religiousness Measure (Sethi & Seligman, 1993) for Muslim women in Pakistan. This instrument focuses on religious practices, religious importance in daily lives, and religious hope. In the initial phase of the study, content examination and the translation of the measure into Urdu were done and important revisions were made. The next step involved the pilot testing of the instrument. Feedback obtained from this step was used to incorporate further changes in the tool. The final study was undertaken with 511 Muslim women whose age range was 19 to 47 years. Exploratory factor analysis revealed that the measure comprised four elements, namely, religious faith, religious practices, religious importance, and optimism. Other psychometric analysis established the structural validity of the measure. This instrument found variations on various religious factors. This tool can be used in social and religious studies in future and can be further validated with Muslim men.