The Influence of Hijab on Perceptions of Attractiveness, Intelligence, and Employability:

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" The Influence of Hijab on Perceptions of Attractiveness, Intelligence, and Employability: "
Nausheen Pasha-Zaidi T. Masson

Document Type	:	Latin Dissertation
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1103909
Doc. No	:	TLpq1080566229
Main Entry	:	Nausheen Pasha-Zaidi
	:	T. Masson
Title & Author	:	The Influence of Hijab on Perceptions of Attractiveness, Intelligence, and Employability:\ Nausheen Pasha-ZaidiT. Masson
College	:	The Chicago School of Professional Psychology
Date	:	2012
student score	:	2012
Degree	:	Ph.D.
Page No	:	160
Abstract	:	This study investigates the influence of the hijab (the Islamic headscarf) on perceptions of attractiveness, intelligence, and employability among South Asian Muslim women in the United States (US) and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The effects of religiosity and perceived discrimination were also examined. Results suggested that the hijab was a salient marker of in-group preferences for hijabis, but the lack of hijab was not necessarily a salient condition to promote in-group preferences for non-hijabis. Religiosity was highly correlated with personal hijab status; however, as a separate variable, religiosity did not have an effect on perceptions of attractiveness or intelligence, except in the UAE where participants who reported higher levels of religiosity rated photos of non-hijabis lower in attractiveness. US participants reported more discrimination than UAE participants. However, perceived discrimination only had a negative effect on ratings of employability among hijabis in the US, not among non-hijabis in the UAE.
Subject	:	Islamic headscarf
	:	Muslim women
	:	Perceived discrimination
	:	Philosophy, religion and theology
	:	Psychology
	:	Social sciences