Alean Al-Krenawi
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 630674 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Alean Al-Krenawi |
| NOMBRES | Alean |
| APELLIDO | Al-Krenawi |
| FIRMA | AL-KRENAWI A |
| AFILIACIONES | Ben-Gurion University of the Negev |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3120-7851 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 55 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 167 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 55 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1994 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 9 |
Integration of global and local-Indigenous mental health practice
This paper explores the intersection of Western mental health approaches and traditional Arab Muslim healing practices, highlighting opportunities and challenges in creating culturally relevant care. While Western methods emphasize medicalization and evidence-based practice, traditional approaches draw on Islamic principles, spirituality, community, and indigenous healers. The study argues for hybrid models that integrate both, enhancing accessib…
The Effectiveness of the ‘Friendship Program’ in Enhancing Perceived Social Support and Psychological Resilience among the Elderly
This study assessed the effectiveness of the “Friendship Program,” a psychosocial intervention designed to increase perceived social support and psychological resilience among elderly individuals in institutional settings in Jordan. Using a quasi-experimental pretest–posttest–follow-up design with a single experimental group, the study involved 27 elderly participants and 27 student volunteers trained in basic counseling and communication skills.…
Changing Attitudes About Mental Health Stigma in Israel During the Covid-19 Period
As well as affecting physical health, COVID-19 can impact mental health. While many studies have examined stigma related to having COVID-19, almost none have examined the larger issue of attitudes toward mental health and stigma since the pandemic began. This study examined public/external mental health stigma among Israelis after the COVID-19 outbreak, including whether there were changes to it. Surveys were administered to a sample of 1,099 Isr…
Gender differences in Syrian refugees in Jordan
AIM: The current study examined gender differences in mental health, self-esteem, family function, marital satisfaction, and life satisfaction between men and women living in a refugee camp for Syrian refugees in Jordan. METHOD: A snowball method used by local female and male students trained to collect data according to culturally competent methods. The following research instruments were deployed: Symptoms Checklist-SCL90, Self-esteem Scale, th…
Perceptions of stigma toward mental illness in Arab society in Israel
Stigma is a major obstacle for people diagnosed with mental illness and this impacts the burden of the disease. This study compares the relationship between personal and social stigma in patients diagnosed with mental illness in two distinct Arab communities: the Bedouin in the Negev Desert in Israel and the Arabs of East Jerusalem. The sample consisted of 140 participants. Research instruments measuring self-stigma, social stigma, and social sup…
Acculturative Stress Among Female Saudi College Students in the United States
The role of the mosque and its relevance to social work
This article examines the significant role of the mosque in the Muslim community. In addition to being a place of prayer, the mosque provides educational, political welfare, and conflict resolution services in times of dispute between groups, families, couples, and individuals. Practitioners, social workers, psychologists, and psychiatrists from Western cultures lack the informal information that can provide a full understanding of the ways in wh…
Psychosocial Impact of Polygamy in the Middle East
Arab American Marriage
The growing and varied Arab American population and the continuing stereotyping and mistrust between people of Arab descent and other Americans make the need for culturally competent social work more pronounced. This study considers the importance the institutions of marriage and family retain within what can be a generally high-context community. Marriage, family, and religious relationships can be complicated by a sense of honor and stigma alon…
Psychosocial Impact Of Polygamy In The Middle East
Adaptation and translation of mental health interventions in Middle Eastern Arab countries
A study of psychological symptoms, family function, marital and life satisfactions of polygamous and monogamous women
Background: Polygamy is defined as a marriage in which a spouse of either gender has more than one mate at the same time. Polygamy is considered a valid form of marriage in many countries and communities around the globe. Aim: The purpose of this study is to examine the psychological symptoms, family function, marital satisfaction, life satisfaction and the degree of agreement with the practice of polygamy among ‘senior wives’ – the first wife in…
Mental health help-seeking among Arab university students in Israel, differentiated by religion
A wide literature considers differences in utilisation and attitudes towards mental health treatment among diverse ethno-racial and religious communities. This paper is the first to compare attitudes to mental health-seeking patterns among a cohort of students representing three major religious minorities among Arab communities in Israel: Christians, Druze, and Muslim. Results of a cross-national survey of 195 student respondents indicate signifi…
A Comparison Study of Psychological, Family Function Marital and Life Satisfactions of Polygamous and Monogamous Women in Jordan
The impact of intellectual disability, caregiver burden, family functioning, marital quality, and sense of coherence
The present article is the first to consider the impact of intellectual disability on Bedouin‐Arab families’ caregiver burden, family functioning, marital quality, and sense of coherence. A random sample of 300 Bedouin‐Arab parents with one or more intellectually disabled children, and a control group (n = 100) completed the McMaster Family Assessment Device (FAD), the ENRICH marital quality questionnaire, Robinson’s Caregiver Strain Index, the S…
Historical Research
Women as Healers; Women as Clients
Cross-National Comparison of Middle Eastern University Students
Bedouin—Arab Children Use Visual Art as a Response To the Destruction of Their Homes in Unrecognized Villages
This study examines the effects on Bedouin—Arab children regarding the government policy to destroy houses in the unrecognized Bedouin—Arab villages in the Negev of Israel. In this study, the Bedouin—Arab children engaged in art and story-making activities. Their responses provide new perspectives on the effects of the destruction of their homes. The sample includes 19 participants, 11- to 14-year-old boys and girls from two unrecognized villages…
Social work in Pakistan
English This exploratory research undertook in-depth interviews with seven practitioners in Lahore. The data revealed five themes regarding culturally respectful practice in Pakistan, related to definition of social work; primacy of family and community; innovative local approaches; and social structures necessary for effective interventions. We consider strategies for making social work knowledge more authentically indigenous to Pakistan. French…
Tomorrow's players under occupation
A 2005 survey of 2,328 youth (ages 12 to 18) in the West Bank, Palestine, revealed an association between exposure to politically violent events, domestic violence, and school violence and with psychological symptomatology. Results also found associations between family violence, family economic status, and psychological symptomatology. Respondents reported low levels of family functioning. Data revealed some geographic variability in experiences…
A Comparison of Family Functioning, Life and Marital Satisfaction, and Mental Health of Women in Polygamous and Monogamous Marriages
Background: A considerable body of research concludes that the polygamous family structure has an impact on children's and wives’ psychological, social and family functioning. Aims: The present study is among the first to consider within the same ethnoracial community such essential factors as family functioning, life satisfaction, marital satisfaction and mental health functioning among women who are in polygamous marriages and women who are in …
A Comparative Study of Family Functioning, Health, and Mental Health Awareness and Utilization Among Female Bedouin-Arabs From Recognized and Unrecognized Villages in the Negev
A good portion of geography is contested by the Israeli state and the country's Bedouin-Arab population. There are two categories of Bedouin villages: those areas that are "officially" recognized by the state and those that are not. In this article we determine utilization and awareness of health and mental health services among 376 Bedouin-Arab women in recognized and unrecognized villages in the Negev. Although there are differences between the…
Psychological Symptomatology among Palestinian Male and Female Adolescents Living under Political Violence 2004–2005
Marital Therapy for Arab Muslim Palestinian Couples in the Context of Reacculturation
Two case studies of Arab Muslim Palestinian couples who had lived in North America and returned home to the West Bank, Palestine, are presented. The first case study shows the tension of returning home and having North American values conflict with traditional Arab Muslim world values. The second case sheds insight into the strain of a family returning home and experiencing the conflict with traditional values. The cases show how patriarchy is ma…
Cross-National Comparison of Middle Eastern University Students
Islamic theology and prayer
This article examines aspects of knowledge that are important to social work practice with Muslim clients: Islamic theology, prayers and the pillars of Islam (the shahada, or profession of faith; the salat, or practice of prayer five times daily; the zakat, or alms-giving; the siam, or fasting during the holy month of Ramadan; and the hajj, or pilgrimage to Mecca). Major aspects include natural forms of social support, familial and marital mediat…
The Cultural Mediator
Journal Article The Cultural Mediator: Bridging the Gap Between a Non‐Western Community and Professional Social Work Practice Get access Alean Al‐Krenawi, Alean Al‐Krenawi Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar John R. Graham John R. Graham Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The British Journal of Social Work, Volume 31, Issue 5, 1 October 2001, Pages 665–685, https://doi.org…
Psychological Symptomatology among Palestinian Male and Female Adolescents Living under Political Violence 2004–2005
The role of the mosque and its relevance to social work
This article examines the significant role of the mosque in the Muslim community. In addition to being a place of prayer, the mosque provides educational, political welfare, and conflict resolution services in times of dispute between groups, families, couples, and individuals. Practitioners, social workers, psychologists, and psychiatrists from Western cultures lack the informal information that can provide a full understanding of the ways in wh…
Arab American Marriage
The growing and varied Arab American population and the continuing stereotyping and mistrust between people of Arab descent and other Americans make the need for culturally competent social work more pronounced. This study considers the importance the institutions of marriage and family retain within what can be a generally high-context community. Marriage, family, and religious relationships can be complicated by a sense of honor and stigma alon…
Group Work With Bedouin Widows of the Negev in a Medical Clinic
In Israel, Bedouin widows who have settled in villages often have few resources to sustain their well-being. The author, a Bedouin clinical social worker, set up a culturally sensitive widows'support group in a medical clinic to help these women deal with material and personal hardships. Through sharing, mutual support, and mutual helping, the women were empowered to deal with their grief, isolation, economic difficulties, problems with children,…
The healing significance of the Negev's Bedouin Dervish
The impact of intellectual disability, caregiver burden, family functioning, marital quality, and sense of coherence
The present article is the first to consider the impact of intellectual disability on Bedouin‐Arab families’ caregiver burden, family functioning, marital quality, and sense of coherence. A random sample of 300 Bedouin‐Arab parents with one or more intellectually disabled children, and a control group (n = 100) completed the McMaster Family Assessment Device (FAD), the ENRICH marital quality questionnaire, Robinson’s Caregiver Strain Index, the S…
Gendered Utilization Differences of Mental Health Services in Jordan
Social work and Koranic mental health healers
The healing activities of six Arab Muslim Koranic healers working in the Negev desert, West Bank and the Gaza Strip are analysed with respect to healer characteristics, the process of becoming a healer, and the stages of treating mental illness, including pre-diagnosis, diagnosis, and treatment. Prospects are considered for mutual integration, observation, and dissemination between social work and Koranic healing
Social work and traditional healing rituals among the Bedouin of the Negev, Israel
The Physical and Psychosocial Health of Bedouin Arab Women of the Negev Area of Israel
This study examined the self-reported health status of Bedouin Arab women in relation to two salient features of current Bedouin Arab social mores: the emphasis on maintaining a high rate of fertility and the social acceptance of domestic violence. A quota sample of 202 Bedouin Arab women ranging in age from 22 to 75 were personally interviewed. Fortyeight percent of the women reported a lifetime exposure to physical violence, and 30% reported do…
Mental Health and Violence/Trauma in Palestine
This article analyses 4 case studies of clinical interventions occurring at the Treatment and Rehabilitation Center for Victims of Torture, Ramallah, Palestine. Each family was of Arab background and experienced violence and trauma while living in the West Bank. The impact of the violence was all encompassing. Family functioning was significantly affected, and individuals experienced such problems as psychological trauma, depression, social exclu…
Perceptions of stigma toward mental illness in Arab society in Israel
Stigma is a major obstacle for people diagnosed with mental illness and this impacts the burden of the disease. This study compares the relationship between personal and social stigma in patients diagnosed with mental illness in two distinct Arab communities: the Bedouin in the Negev Desert in Israel and the Arabs of East Jerusalem. The sample consisted of 140 participants. Research instruments measuring self-stigma, social stigma, and social sup…
Social work in Pakistan
English This exploratory research undertook in-depth interviews with seven practitioners in Lahore. The data revealed five themes regarding culturally respectful practice in Pakistan, related to definition of social work; primacy of family and community; innovative local approaches; and social structures necessary for effective interventions. We consider strategies for making social work knowledge more authentically indigenous to Pakistan. French…
Telephone Counseling
Arab Israeli callers to an Israeli telephone counseling service are analyzed, comparing them with Jewish Israeli callers, in order to better understand Arab mental health utilization and needs. A questionnaire was used for a sample of 7000 Jewish and 344 Arab callers. Arab callers complained of interpersonal and family problems, and the Jewish sample personal and mental health problems. The discussion relates these to ethno-cultural gender constr…
The Social Work Research Group/Nasw Research Section/Council on Social Work Research, 1949-1965
Objective To determine major themes and significance of the Social Work Research Group (SWRG), founded in 1949. Methods Archival research, principally at Social Welfare History Archives, University of Minnesota; oral historical interviews of key informants. Results The Social Work Research Group (SWRG), founded in 1949, fostered research within the profession by creating an organization representing and promoting social work research, advancing t…
Acculturative Stress Among Female Saudi College Students in the United States
Conflict Resolution through a Traditional Ritual among the Bedouin Arabs of the Negev
The Bedouin practice of Bisha, or ordeal by fire, is analyzed as a conflict-resolving ritual of reciprocal relationships between the individual, small group, community, and society. Two case studies demonstrate that the ritual reflects the social order, reinforces conformity to collective values, deters behaviors that deviate from culturally acceptable norms, and transforms social structures by resolving conflicts between two or more people and b…
Bedouin—Arab Children Use Visual Art as a Response To the Destruction of Their Homes in Unrecognized Villages
This study examines the effects on Bedouin—Arab children regarding the government policy to destroy houses in the unrecognized Bedouin—Arab villages in the Negev of Israel. In this study, the Bedouin—Arab children engaged in art and story-making activities. Their responses provide new perspectives on the effects of the destruction of their homes. The sample includes 19 participants, 11- to 14-year-old boys and girls from two unrecognized villages…
Familial and cultural issues in the brief strategic treatment of Israeli Bedouins.
When a man encounters a woman, Satan is also present
Professional encounters in Bedouin society between male therapists and their female clients are discussed in terms of the conflict between clinical precepts and Bedouin codes of social conduct. The effects of the conflict on the transference relationship are examined by means of case presentations, and rules of conduct acceptable in both the professional realm and Bedouin society are proposed as an avenue toward resolution
A Comparison Study of Traditional Helpers in a Late Nineteenth Century Canadian (Christian) Society in Toronto, Canada and in a Late Twentieth Century Bedouin (Muslim) Society in the Negev, Israel
This study compares the practice significance of two distinct models of traditional helping: a religiously inspired Protestant approach in late nineteenth century Toronto, Canada; and the Dervish, a religiously imbued traditional helper in a contemporary Bedouin Muslim community in the Negev, Israel Among major similarities are gender inclusiveness, the lack of explicit restrictions on the basis of age or education, the enabling of women as helpe…
Group Work With Bedouin Widows of the Negev in a Medical Clinic
In Israel, Bedouin widows who have settled in villages often have few resources to sustain their well-being. The author, a Bedouin clinical social worker, set up a culturally sensitive widows'support group in a medical clinic to help these women deal with material and personal hardships. Through sharing, mutual support, and mutual helping, the women were empowered to deal with their grief, isolation, economic difficulties, problems with children,…
Social work and traditional healing rituals among the Bedouin of the Negev, Israel
The healing significance of the Negev's Bedouin Dervish
Social Work and Blood Vengeance
The practice of blood vengeance, the obligation to kill in retribution for the death of a member of one's family or tribe, is illegal in most countries of the world; however, many traditional cultures still demand this form of maintaining honour. This paper outlines the cultural and historical contexts of the practice of blood vengeance among the Bedouin of the Negev of Israel. It considers the consequences for the targeted family and details the…
Nebi-Musa
Maqam Al-Nebi Musa' an eight-centuries old Muslim religious site located between Jerusalem and Jericho, is analyzed as a drug rehabilitation therapeutic community (TC). Male recovering addicts visit the site for upwards of 6 months, and follow a five-stage therapeutic program. The TC was initiated by, and is led by, five Sufi mystics, themselves former addicts. Its therapeutic significance is analyzed in the context of Muslim religious teaching a…
Divorce Among Muslim Arab Women in Israel
One hundred fifty-one Muslim Arab-Israeli women divorced within the past two years, having children, and living in Arab rural areas, Arab cities, and mixed (Jewish and Arab) cities, were interviewed using a semi-structured questionnaire. Subjects encountered emotional distress and decreased socioeconomic status. All moved back to their parents' home. Levels of unemployment were high, perceived family support was high, and perceived community supp…
The story of bedouin-arab women in a polygamous marriage
Explanations of Mental Health Symptoms By the Bedouin-Arabs of the Negev
Sixty Bedouin-Arab patients (36 females, 24 males) referred to the psychiatric clinic of the Soroka Medical Centre in the Negev, Israel were interviewed before they met with the psychiatrists and again two weeks later. An open-ended questionnaire was administered during three month period, to examine the patients' explanations of their mental health symptoms. Findings revealed that all patients, male and female alike, perceived and explained thei…
Gender and Biomedical/Traditional Mental Health Utilization Among the Bedouin-Arabs of the Negev
An overview of rituals in Western therapies and intervention
Social work and Koranic mental health healers
The healing activities of six Arab Muslim Koranic healers working in the Negev desert, West Bank and the Gaza Strip are analysed with respect to healer characteristics, the process of becoming a healer, and the stages of treating mental illness, including pre-diagnosis, diagnosis, and treatment. Prospects are considered for mutual integration, observation, and dissemination between social work and Koranic healing
Conflict Resolution through a Traditional Ritual among the Bedouin Arabs of the Negev
The Bedouin practice of Bisha, or ordeal by fire, is analyzed as a conflict-resolving ritual of reciprocal relationships between the individual, small group, community, and society. Two case studies demonstrate that the ritual reflects the social order, reinforces conformity to collective values, deters behaviors that deviate from culturally acceptable norms, and transforms social structures by resolving conflicts between two or more people and b…
Culturally Sensitive Social work Practice With Arab Clients in Mental Health Settings
Several culturally specific practical considerations should inform social work interventions with ethnic Arab peoples in Arab countries or in Western nations. These include taking into account gender relations, individuals' places in their families and communities, patterns of mental health services use, and, for practice in Western nations, the client's level of acculturation. Such aspects provide the basis for specific guidelines in working wit…
Bedouin-Arab clients' use of proverbs in the therapeutic setting
The Social Work Research Group/Nasw Research Section/Council on Social Work Research, 1949-1965
Objective To determine major themes and significance of the Social Work Research Group (SWRG), founded in 1949. Methods Archival research, principally at Social Welfare History Archives, University of Minnesota; oral historical interviews of key informants. Results The Social Work Research Group (SWRG), founded in 1949, fostered research within the profession by creating an organization representing and promoting social work research, advancing t…
Islamic theology and prayer
This article examines aspects of knowledge that are important to social work practice with Muslim clients: Islamic theology, prayers and the pillars of Islam (the shahada, or profession of faith; the salat, or practice of prayer five times daily; the zakat, or alms-giving; the siam, or fasting during the holy month of Ramadan; and the hajj, or pilgrimage to Mecca). Major aspects include natural forms of social support, familial and marital mediat…
Gendered Utilization Differences of Mental Health Services in Jordan
Women from Polygamous and Monogamous Marriages in an Out-Patient Psychiatric Clinic
Ninety-two Bedouin-Arab women were interviewed using a semi-structured open-ended questionnaire. The subjects were divided into two groups: (1) senior wives in polygamous marriages ( N= 53); and (2) wives in monogamous marriages ( N= 39). The data revealed that, in general, women from both types of marriages reported a wide variety of symptoms, and comparably high incidences of somatization, nervousness, poor appetite and trouble remembering. The…
Ethnic and Gender Differences in Mental Health Utilization
A sample of 148 (87 Jordanian [61 male, 26 female] and 61 Israeli [26 male, 35 female]) was selected from a psychiatric clinic in Ashdod Israel and Zarka Jordan, using convenience sampling methodology over a 12 month period in late 1997 and early 1998. A revised Hopkins Symptom Checklist: A Self-Report Symptom Inventory (HSCL) was translated into Arabic and Hebrew and distributed to subjects; additional questions explored demographic characterist…
The Cultural Mediator
Journal Article The Cultural Mediator: Bridging the Gap Between a Non‐Western Community and Professional Social Work Practice Get access Alean Al‐Krenawi, Alean Al‐Krenawi Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar John R. Graham John R. Graham Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The British Journal of Social Work, Volume 31, Issue 5, 1 October 2001, Pages 665–685, https://doi.org…
Wife Abuse Among Polygamous and Monogamous Bedouin-Arab Families
This study compared the phenomenon of wife abuse in polygamous and monogamous Bedouin-Arab families. A sample of 81 women participated in the present study −40 were from polygamous and 41 were from monogamous families. The instruments administered examined three dimensions: Demographic variables, sense of personal potency (as assessed by the Potency Scale: Ben-Sira, 1985) and experience of abusive behavior (as assessed by the Psychological Maltre…
Bereavement Responses among Palestinian Widows, Daughters and Sons Following the Hebron Massacre
In February 1994, an Israeli settler shot Muslim worshippers at the Ibrahime Mosque at Hebron, West Bank. Fifty-three people were killed, and 200 injured. The Derogatis Symptom Checklist-Revised (SCL-90-R), a 90-item 5-point self-administered discomfort scale was administered to all surviving widows ( n =23), daughters ( n =12), and sons ( n =26). Statistically significant different results occurred in 3 of 9 subscales. Widows scored higher somat…
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