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An investigation of thermal comfort properties of abaya under heat stress

The Muslim community and sport scholarship: a scoping review to advance sport management research

This research aims to investigate why and how a group of Muslim women developed and adopted a variation hijab, the Multipurpose Modern Hijab (MMH), to wear while living in the U.S. The MMH's construction includes cuts, folds, and snaps that are not found on the traditional, unmodified hijab. Using a qualitative approach, four of the five women who developed the MMH were interviewed using semi-structured interview guide. The results indicated that the reasons behind developing the MMH is feeling uncomfortable using the traditional hijab since it is hard to use, as it required frequent adjustment or use safety pins to stabilize it. The MMH reinforces their commitment to Allah and communicates their religious beliefs to others. The fabric preferences for MMH are softness, drapability, lightweight, and breathability. There is need for additional research that focus on modifications made by other individuals, as well as consider generational, geographic, and occupational differences.

https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1621&context=itaa_proceedings

The Modification of Muslim Women's Hijab to Meet Modern Life Styles in a Western Society

In Western societies, Muslim women are surrounded by social contexts that are different from those of their home countries which is impacted their well-being. This research aims to explore the effect of wearing the hijab on Muslim women's well-being while living in a Western society. It uses self-determination theory (SDT) and clothing comfort model (CCM) to specify the psychological, physiological and physical needs. Employing qualitative data collection, the researchers used the conventional and directed content analysis approaches. In-depth interviews and follow up conversations with 15 of the 22 participants were conducted. The results showed that the participants have high level of satisfaction for all the three basic needs, which means high level of well-being. The main physiological need for the participants is thermal comfort and they pay special attentions to the hijab material properties, such as drapabe, lightweight and soft hand, because of the impact on their physical needs.

https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2365&context=itaa_proceedings

The Hijab and Muslim women's Well-being in a Western Society

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the perceived thermal comfort experienced by active Muslim women (AMW) wearing hijabs determined by their experience of comfort sensation while doing sports activities or regular exercises. This study also examines whether the casual hijabs which are widely used among AMW are able to supply the appropriate comfort for active purposes.,This study used the quantitative method using survey questionnaires to collect 100 primary data obtained from AMW respondents who are university students located around the Klang Valley region in Malaysia.,Based on the overall results, this study suggests that the common hijabs that are used for casual applications do not offer sufficient comfort to Muslim women while performing sports activities or regular exercises.,The outcome of this study will help to gain a better understanding on hijab preferences and comfort experienced from the viewpoint of regular hijab users. The information will assist industries to consider the selection of the right materials when developing sportswear hijabs to provide better comfort for more AMW in the near future. The method used in this study is useful to gain information on consumer’s profile and value-added details about the discomfort aspects of hijab which are scarce in the existing literature on thermal comfort.,This study was conducted to explore the type of hijabs commonly worn by AMW while performing sports activities and to obtain their views on the perceived thermal comfort.

Intan Nadirah Mohd Yusof

Papers

Thermal comfort perception of hijab usage among young Muslim women for sports activity