Hisham Motkal Abu-Rayya
Biographic Data
| ID | 216830 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Hisham Motkal Abu-Rayya |
| GIVEN NAMES | Hisham Motkal |
| FAMILY NAME | Abu-Rayya |
| SIGNATURE | ABU-RAYYA H M |
| AFFILIATIONS | La Trobe University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2352-7414 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 41 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 168 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 41 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
The comfort of nostalgia in wartime: Nostalgia as a vehicle to combat post-traumatic stress symptoms among civilian evacuees displaced by war
The recent Israel-Hamas and Israel-Hezbollah wars have contributed to heightened post-traumatic symptoms among Israeli civilians forced to evacuate their homes. In a proof-of-concept experiment involving 195 Israeli Jewish evacuees, we examined whether nostalgia could serve as a psychological resource for alleviating post-traumatic stress symptoms. Participants in the experimental group were asked to reflect on a nostalgic event in their life tha…
Self in relationships, nostalgically
Concerned with the interplay between the self and close relationships, we examined whether nostalgia, a wistful affection for one’s past, enhances self-esteem indirectly by fostering social connectedness. We also explored the boundaries of this effect across demographic, cultural, and situational contexts. Across four experiments, we manipulated nostalgia using either a guided recollection exercise (i.e., Event Reflection Task; Experiments 1–3) o…
Nostalgia as a vehicle for improving relations between Israeli Jews and Israeli Arabs
Looking Back, Moving Forward: The Role of Collective Nostalgia in Shaping Collective Action Intentions
Drawing on theories of collective continuity, nostalgia, and intergroup emotions, this study examines whether perceptions of collective discontinuity—a felt rupture in a group’s historical trajectory—evoke collective nostalgia (i.e., longing for how the group used to be), which in turn promotes ingroup protection intentions via increased group-based anger. We tested this serial mediation model among two distinct groups: Arab-Israeli citizens and …
Maladaptive Daydreaming and Psychopathology: A Meta‐Analysis
Maladaptive daydreaming (MD) is a clinical condition that cannot be explained by any existing psychopathology. The empirical literature regarding MD suggests that it is associated with mental afflictions and exhibits attributes resembling a psychological disorder. This study aimed to meta‐analytically investigate the relationship between MD and various manifestations of mental distress and dysfunction. Forty studies, totaling 24,977 individuals (…
Parenting Styles and Family Relationship Quality and Their Associations with Personality Traits and Cultural Values in a Multi-Country Arab Sample
We examined the role of personality traits and cultural values in parenting styles and family relationship quality in a multi-country Arab sample. The data analyzed in this study were drawn from the newly developed Arab Psychology Index (API) and included 2,571 individual parents (1,205 mothers and 1,366 fathers) from six countries in the Middle East and North Africa. A series of hierarchical regression analyses revealed that, after controlling f…
Conflicting identities and labour market outcomes of minorities: Evidence from Arabs in Israel
Nostalgia, Social Connectedness, and Acculturation Orientation Among Syrian Refugees
We addressed in a cross-sectional study the role of nostalgia in refugee psychological acculturation orientation toward both home and host cultures, as well as the intervening role of social connectedness. We defined home orientation as efforts to maintain one's original culture and identity, whereas we defined host orientation as efforts to engage with and adopt features of the host culture. We tested 915 Syrian refugees (56.2% women), aged 17 t…
The associations between self‐construal, emotional expressivity and acculturation among Arab immigrants
This contribution investigates differences in self‐construal and emotional expressivity among Arab immigrants and non‐immigrants. Furthermore, it examines the role of acculturation styles and perceived emotional acculturation in predicting these outcomes among Arab immigrants. Using a sample of 1249 self‐identified Arabs (629 immigrants in Western Europe and North America; 620 non‐immigrant Arabs in the Mashriq and Maghrib regions), we found that…
Evaluating the integration hypothesis: A meta-analysis of the Icsey project data using two new methods
The Integration Hypothesis states that acculturating migrants who adopt the integration strategy (i.e. being doubly engaged, in both their heritage culture and in the larger national society) will have better psychological and socio-cultural adaptation than those who adopt any other strategy (Assimilation, Separation or Marginalization). This hypothesis was supported in the original evaluation of the ICSEY project data, using the mean adaptation …
Different cultures, similar daydream addiction? An examination of the cross-cultural measurement equivalence of the Maladaptive Daydreaming Scale
Social workers’ construction of cultural competence in polarized cities
Mixed cities are defined as ethnically diverse cities located within turbulent contexts of intensive, ongoing intergroup political conflict. As such, they may pose serious challenges to social workers’ efforts to develop culturally competent practices, especially in the public service sector. This article examined social workers’ constructions of cultural competence in the social public services delivered to Arab and Jewish clients in Israeli mix…
Perceived Stress During the Covid-19 Pandemic Mediates the Association Between Self-quarantine Factors and Psychological Characteristics and Elevated Maladaptive Daydreaming
Living together: An integrated acculturation–contact strategy to promote ethnic harmony between young British Muslims and Anglo-Britons
Acculturation theorists have proposed that minority and majority members’ endorsement of the cultural integration orientation should positively impact their mutual intergroup relations. To examine this claim, the study develops and experimentally tests a vicarious intercultural contact strategy designed to promote integration endorsement among a sample of 379 British youths (aged between 18 and 21 years), of whom 172 were British Muslims and 207 …
Social Services in Ethnically Mixed Cities: Street-Level Bureaucracy at the Crossroads of Ethno-National Conflict
There is a paucity of research examining street-level bureaucracy in cities affected by ongoing ethnopolitical conflict. This study addresses this limitation by exploring the work of social workers in the public services of mixed cities in Israel. It shows the interconnection between ambiguous institutional policies, varying workers’ views of the role of social services, and changing discretion patterns. Findings also suggest that episodes of con…
Heightened Levels of Maladaptive Daydreaming Are Associated With Covid-19 Lockdown, Pre-existing Psychiatric Diagnoses, and Intensified Psychological Dysfunctions: A Multi-country Study
The COVID-19 pandemic has been spreading globally since December 2019, bringing with it anxieties, mortal risk, and agonizing psychological suffering. This study aimed to explore the relationship between maladaptive daydreaming (MD)-an addictive mental behavior to vivid fantasy associated with distress and functional impairment-and forced COVID-19 pandemic-related self-isolation and quarantine. Previous literature indicated that individuals emplo…
Maladaptive Daydreaming Is Associated With Intensified Psychosocial Problems Experienced by Female Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse
We measured maladaptive daydreaming (MD) and psychosocial indices among 194 participants, aged 18-56 years: 99 female survivors of childhood sexual abuse (CSA) and 95 control respondents with no reported history of sexual abuse. Our data show that survivors of CSA scored higher on MD compared to controls. Survivors of CSA with probable MD scored higher on psychological distress, social phobia, and social isolation compared to survivors of CSA wit…
Perceived discrimination, language proficiencies, and adaptation: Comparisons between refugee and non-refugee immigrant youth in Australia
Comparative Associations Between Achieved Bicultural Identity, Achieved Ego Identity, and Achieved Religious Identity and Adaptation Among Australian Adolescent Muslims
This study examined the comparative roles of biculturalism, ego identity, and religious identity in the adaptation of Australian adolescent Muslims. A total of 504 high school Muslim students studying at high schools in metropolitan Sydney and Melbourne, Australia, took part in this study which required them to complete a self-report questionnaire. Analyses indicated that adolescent Muslims' achieved religious identity seems to play a more import…
The interconnections between socio‐spatial factors and labour market integration among Arabs in Israel
Is Integration the Best Way to Acculturate? A Reexamination of the Bicultural-Adaptation Relationship in the "Icsey Dataset" Using the Bilineal Method
The present study reexamined the relationship between biculturalism and adaptation in the ICSEY1 data. The sample consisted of 5,365 immigrants, aged between 13 and 18 years ( M = 15.35, SD = 1.56) who were living in 13 different countries. We measured biculturalism bilineally using a range of ICSEY variables akin to acculturation. The study findings revealed that biculturalism was the most preferred acculturation mode across countries and within…
The Interconnection Between Islamic Religiosity and Deviancy Among Australian Muslim Youth: A Partial Mediation Role of Life Satisfaction
The aim of the present study was to examine the extent to which life satisfaction mediates the relationship between Islamic religiosity and deviancy amongst Muslim youth. A sample of 200 Australian Muslims aged between 18 and 25 years (Mage = 21.18; SD = 1.89) participated in this study. An existing attitude toward Islam measure and Islamic religious practice measure developed for the current study purposes were used. Controlling for demographic …
The Interconnection between Acculturation and Subjective and Social Wellbeing among Refugee Youth in Australia
In Australia, the number of refugee youth has increased significantly over the last five years. Australia presents a unique resettlement context for refugees due the country’s simultaneous adoption of positive multicultural policies yet hard-line immigration laws and negative popular opinion towards refugees. Little is known about the acculturation experiences and wellbeing of refugee youth in Australia. The present study investigated refugee you…
Cultural Identification and Religious Identification Contribute Differentially to the Adaptation of Australian Adolescent Muslims
The Role of Religion and Acculturation in the Consumer Ethnocentrism of Turkish Immigrants in Germany
Researchers have invested much effort in the understanding of acculturation-relevant factors that influence immigrants' psychological and socio-cultural adaptation. Factors that might have an impact on immigrants' product consumption decisions have comparatively received scarce attention by acculturation and marketing researchers. Immigrants show different product consumption patterns and therefore constitute big consumer groups that can have an …
A dual identity-electronic contact (Diec) experiment promoting short- and long-term intergroup harmony
Perceived discrimination, language proficiencies, and adaptation: Comparisons between refugee and non-refugee immigrant youth in Australia
Is Integration the Best Way to Acculturate? A Reexamination of the Bicultural-Adaptation Relationship in the "Icsey Dataset" Using the Bilineal Method
The present study reexamined the relationship between biculturalism and adaptation in the ICSEY1 data. The sample consisted of 5,365 immigrants, aged between 13 and 18 years ( M = 15.35, SD = 1.56) who were living in 13 different countries. We measured biculturalism bilineally using a range of ICSEY variables akin to acculturation. The study findings revealed that biculturalism was the most preferred acculturation mode across countries and within…
Acculturation and its determinants among adult immigrants in France
The present study pursued three aims. First, it sought to determine the distribution of types of identification among adult immigrants in France; second, it investigated certain determinants that might contribute to the emergence of exclusively French or ethnic identifications; and third, it attempted to assess the outcomes of French or ethnic identification strategies for well-being. Participants of the study were 6211 adult immigrants in France…
Ethnic identity, ego identity, and psychological well‐being among mixed‐ethnic Arab‐European adolescents in Israel
This study explored the relationship between ethnic identity, ego identity, and psychological wellbeing among mixed‐ethnic adolescents with European mothers and Arab fathers in Israel. One hundred and twenty‐seven mixed‐ethnic adolescents (13 to 18 years) were instructed to respond to a modified version of Multigroup ethnic identity measure (MEIM), to ego identity measure (EOM‐EIS) and to psychological well‐being scale. It was found that Arab and…
Achieving twelve-months of intergroup bias reduction: The dual identity-electronic contact (Diec) experiment
Acculturation, religious identity, and psychological well-being among Palestinians in Israel
Evaluating the integration hypothesis: A meta-analysis of the Icsey project data using two new methods
The Integration Hypothesis states that acculturating migrants who adopt the integration strategy (i.e. being doubly engaged, in both their heritage culture and in the larger national society) will have better psychological and socio-cultural adaptation than those who adopt any other strategy (Assimilation, Separation or Marginalization). This hypothesis was supported in the original evaluation of the ICSEY project data, using the mean adaptation …
Longitudinal Associations of Cultural Distance With Psychological Well-Being Among Australian Immigrants From 49 Countries
Data of 5,033 immigrants from 49 countries/regions to Australia, derived from Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Australia (LSIA), were analyzed to test a widely held assumption that greater cultural distance (CD) between immigrants' culture of origin and their destination culture is associated with more adjustment difficulties and thus lower psychological well-being (the CD Hypothesis). Objective measures of CD were constructed from Hofstede's…
Ethnic identification, religious identity, and psychological well-being among Muslim and Christian Palestinians in Israel
This study examined relationships between ethnic identification, religious identity, and psychological well-being. The participants were 854 indigenous Israeli Palestinians, of whom 520 (36% males and 64% females) were Muslim and 334 (39% males and 61% females) Christian students, respectively. The sample ranged in age between 17 and 38 years, with a mean of 24.31 (SD = 4.43). Measures of Palestinian ethnic identity, religious identity, and psych…
Acculturation and Well-Being among Arab-European Mixed-Ethnic Adolescents in Israel
The Interconnection Between Islamic Religiosity and Deviancy Among Australian Muslim Youth: A Partial Mediation Role of Life Satisfaction
The aim of the present study was to examine the extent to which life satisfaction mediates the relationship between Islamic religiosity and deviancy amongst Muslim youth. A sample of 200 Australian Muslims aged between 18 and 25 years (Mage = 21.18; SD = 1.89) participated in this study. An existing attitude toward Islam measure and Islamic religious practice measure developed for the current study purposes were used. Controlling for demographic …
Acculturation orientations and religious identity as predictors of Anglo-Australians’ attitudes towards Australian Muslims
Ethnic self-identification and psychological well-being among adolescents with European mothers and Arab fathers in Israel
The interconnections between socio‐spatial factors and labour market integration among Arabs in Israel
Living together: An integrated acculturation–contact strategy to promote ethnic harmony between young British Muslims and Anglo-Britons
Acculturation theorists have proposed that minority and majority members’ endorsement of the cultural integration orientation should positively impact their mutual intergroup relations. To examine this claim, the study develops and experimentally tests a vicarious intercultural contact strategy designed to promote integration endorsement among a sample of 379 British youths (aged between 18 and 21 years), of whom 172 were British Muslims and 207 …
Cultural Identification and Religious Identification Contribute Differentially to the Adaptation of Australian Adolescent Muslims
Social Services in Ethnically Mixed Cities: Street-Level Bureaucracy at the Crossroads of Ethno-National Conflict
There is a paucity of research examining street-level bureaucracy in cities affected by ongoing ethnopolitical conflict. This study addresses this limitation by exploring the work of social workers in the public services of mixed cities in Israel. It shows the interconnection between ambiguous institutional policies, varying workers’ views of the role of social services, and changing discretion patterns. Findings also suggest that episodes of con…
Maladaptive Daydreaming Is Associated With Intensified Psychosocial Problems Experienced by Female Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse
We measured maladaptive daydreaming (MD) and psychosocial indices among 194 participants, aged 18-56 years: 99 female survivors of childhood sexual abuse (CSA) and 95 control respondents with no reported history of sexual abuse. Our data show that survivors of CSA scored higher on MD compared to controls. Survivors of CSA with probable MD scored higher on psychological distress, social phobia, and social isolation compared to survivors of CSA wit…
The Interconnection between Acculturation and Subjective and Social Wellbeing among Refugee Youth in Australia
In Australia, the number of refugee youth has increased significantly over the last five years. Australia presents a unique resettlement context for refugees due the country’s simultaneous adoption of positive multicultural policies yet hard-line immigration laws and negative popular opinion towards refugees. Little is known about the acculturation experiences and wellbeing of refugee youth in Australia. The present study investigated refugee you…
A comparative study of adaptation problems between immigrant adolescents and national adolescents in Australia
Variations in Ethnic Identification Among Arab-European Individuals in Israel During the Developmental Stage of Adolescence: Predictors and Outcomes
This study aimed to reveal variations in ethnic identity types among mixed-ethnic adolescents. The participants in this study were 127 mixed-ethnic Arab-European adolescents (13–18 years) living in Israel, almost evenly divided between male and female participants, with an average age of 15.63. The study employed both qualitative and quantitative methods. Analysis of the qualitative data revealed 4 ethnic identity types among participants: mixed-…
Ethnic self-identification and psychological well-being among adolescents with European mothers and Arab fathers in Israel
Ethnic identity, ego identity, and psychological well‐being among mixed‐ethnic Arab‐European adolescents in Israel
This study explored the relationship between ethnic identity, ego identity, and psychological wellbeing among mixed‐ethnic adolescents with European mothers and Arab fathers in Israel. One hundred and twenty‐seven mixed‐ethnic adolescents (13 to 18 years) were instructed to respond to a modified version of Multigroup ethnic identity measure (MEIM), to ego identity measure (EOM‐EIS) and to psychological well‐being scale. It was found that Arab and…
Acculturation and Well-Being among Arab-European Mixed-Ethnic Adolescents in Israel
Variations in Ethnic Identification Among Arab-European Individuals in Israel During the Developmental Stage of Adolescence: Predictors and Outcomes
This study aimed to reveal variations in ethnic identity types among mixed-ethnic adolescents. The participants in this study were 127 mixed-ethnic Arab-European adolescents (13–18 years) living in Israel, almost evenly divided between male and female participants, with an average age of 15.63. The study employed both qualitative and quantitative methods. Analysis of the qualitative data revealed 4 ethnic identity types among participants: mixed-…
Acculturation, Christian religiosity, and psychological and marital well-being among the European wives of Arabs in Israel
This study represents an attempt to understand the psychological and marital well-being of spouses in mixed-ethnic or faith marriages in terms of the acculturation styles that spouses adopt in adapting to a new cultural environment. A total of 156 Western and Eastern European women with an average age of 38.79 (SD = 7.05; range = 23–53) married to Israeli Arabs participated in this study. Study findings revealed that women who adopted integration…
Ethnic identification, religious identity, and psychological well-being among Muslim and Christian Palestinians in Israel
This study examined relationships between ethnic identification, religious identity, and psychological well-being. The participants were 854 indigenous Israeli Palestinians, of whom 520 (36% males and 64% females) were Muslim and 334 (39% males and 61% females) Christian students, respectively. The sample ranged in age between 17 and 38 years, with a mean of 24.31 (SD = 4.43). Measures of Palestinian ethnic identity, religious identity, and psych…
Acculturation and its determinants among adult immigrants in France
The present study pursued three aims. First, it sought to determine the distribution of types of identification among adult immigrants in France; second, it investigated certain determinants that might contribute to the emergence of exclusively French or ethnic identifications; and third, it attempted to assess the outcomes of French or ethnic identification strategies for well-being. Participants of the study were 6211 adult immigrants in France…
The Multi-Religion Identity Measure: A New Scale for Use With Diverse Religions
Religion plays a vital role in the lives of individuals around the world. Most research within the psychology of religion literature has focused on the particular features that distinguish given faiths. However, there is a need to conduct cross-cultural research on religiosity on the basis of more adequate measures applicable across religions. This article innovatively proposes a Multi-Religion Identity Measure (MRIM), aiming to facilitate cross-…
Attitude towards Islam: Adaptation and Initial Validation of the Francis Scale of Attitude towards Christianity in a Sample of Israeli-Arab Muslims 1
The present study ascertained the validity and reliability of the Attitude towards Islam measure, modified from Francis's short version (7-items) Scale of Attitude towards Christianity (Francis, 1978). 443 Arab Muslims from high schools and colleges in Israel with an age range of 17-38 years participated in the study. Factor analysis revealed two dimensions of the measure, labelled experiential and judgemental, in each of the samples. The finding…
Acculturation, religious identity, and psychological well-being among Palestinians in Israel
Acculturation orientations and religious identity as predictors of Anglo-Australians’ attitudes towards Australian Muslims
A dual identity-electronic contact (Diec) experiment promoting short- and long-term intergroup harmony
Neighbourhood safety and area deprivation modify the associations between parkland and psychological distress in Sydney, Australia
Our study indicates that perceptions of neighbourhood safety and area deprivation were statistically significant effect modifiers of the association between parkland and psychological distress
A comparative study of adaptation problems between immigrant adolescents and national adolescents in Australia
Achieving twelve-months of intergroup bias reduction: The dual identity-electronic contact (Diec) experiment
Longitudinal Associations of Cultural Distance With Psychological Well-Being Among Australian Immigrants From 49 Countries
Data of 5,033 immigrants from 49 countries/regions to Australia, derived from Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Australia (LSIA), were analyzed to test a widely held assumption that greater cultural distance (CD) between immigrants' culture of origin and their destination culture is associated with more adjustment difficulties and thus lower psychological well-being (the CD Hypothesis). Objective measures of CD were constructed from Hofstede's…
The Interconnection Between Islamic Religiosity and Deviancy Among Australian Muslim Youth: A Partial Mediation Role of Life Satisfaction
The aim of the present study was to examine the extent to which life satisfaction mediates the relationship between Islamic religiosity and deviancy amongst Muslim youth. A sample of 200 Australian Muslims aged between 18 and 25 years (Mage = 21.18; SD = 1.89) participated in this study. An existing attitude toward Islam measure and Islamic religious practice measure developed for the current study purposes were used. Controlling for demographic …
The Interconnection between Acculturation and Subjective and Social Wellbeing among Refugee Youth in Australia
In Australia, the number of refugee youth has increased significantly over the last five years. Australia presents a unique resettlement context for refugees due the country’s simultaneous adoption of positive multicultural policies yet hard-line immigration laws and negative popular opinion towards refugees. Little is known about the acculturation experiences and wellbeing of refugee youth in Australia. The present study investigated refugee you…
Cultural Identification and Religious Identification Contribute Differentially to the Adaptation of Australian Adolescent Muslims
The Role of Religion and Acculturation in the Consumer Ethnocentrism of Turkish Immigrants in Germany
Researchers have invested much effort in the understanding of acculturation-relevant factors that influence immigrants' psychological and socio-cultural adaptation. Factors that might have an impact on immigrants' product consumption decisions have comparatively received scarce attention by acculturation and marketing researchers. Immigrants show different product consumption patterns and therefore constitute big consumer groups that can have an …
Comparative Associations Between Achieved Bicultural Identity, Achieved Ego Identity, and Achieved Religious Identity and Adaptation Among Australian Adolescent Muslims
This study examined the comparative roles of biculturalism, ego identity, and religious identity in the adaptation of Australian adolescent Muslims. A total of 504 high school Muslim students studying at high schools in metropolitan Sydney and Melbourne, Australia, took part in this study which required them to complete a self-report questionnaire. Analyses indicated that adolescent Muslims' achieved religious identity seems to play a more import…
The interconnections between socio‐spatial factors and labour market integration among Arabs in Israel
Is Integration the Best Way to Acculturate? A Reexamination of the Bicultural-Adaptation Relationship in the "Icsey Dataset" Using the Bilineal Method
The present study reexamined the relationship between biculturalism and adaptation in the ICSEY1 data. The sample consisted of 5,365 immigrants, aged between 13 and 18 years ( M = 15.35, SD = 1.56) who were living in 13 different countries. We measured biculturalism bilineally using a range of ICSEY variables akin to acculturation. The study findings revealed that biculturalism was the most preferred acculturation mode across countries and within…
Perceived discrimination, language proficiencies, and adaptation: Comparisons between refugee and non-refugee immigrant youth in Australia
Maladaptive Daydreaming Is Associated With Intensified Psychosocial Problems Experienced by Female Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse
We measured maladaptive daydreaming (MD) and psychosocial indices among 194 participants, aged 18-56 years: 99 female survivors of childhood sexual abuse (CSA) and 95 control respondents with no reported history of sexual abuse. Our data show that survivors of CSA scored higher on MD compared to controls. Survivors of CSA with probable MD scored higher on psychological distress, social phobia, and social isolation compared to survivors of CSA wit…
Psychology (32 works) · Sociology (21 works) · Social Psychology (20 works) · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research (17 works) · Social Psychology (17 works) · Ethnic group (15 works) · Political science (14 works) · Acculturation (12 works) · Developmental psychology (12 works) · Clinical Psychology (11 works)