This qualitative research examined the issues of women’s head covering in Islam and Judaism. It focuses on the role played by head-covering decisions in the development of religious identity. Translated sources of Islamic and Jewish law on modest dress set the context of religious rulings in which women wrestle with decisions about head-covering. Ten practising Muslim and Jewish women were interviewed about their experiences of head/hair covering. Head/hair covering was seen as an expression of identity, and as a way of managing identity. It is a key topic for both Muslim and Jewish women, central in identity development and in decisions relating to identity development, identity threat, acculturation, spirituality, and social relations with men. The role of dress is one of many aspects of ritual deserving closer attention from psychologists of religion, along with the more general topic of the impact of religious practice on religious and spiritual development.

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宗教身份、挑战和服装：伊斯兰教和犹太教中女性的头部和头发覆盖

这项定性研究考察了伊斯兰教和犹太教中女性头巾的问题。它着重于在宗教认同发展中蒙头决定所起的作用。关于端庄着装的伊斯兰和犹太法律的翻译来源设定了宗教裁决的背景，在这些裁决中，妇女与有关蒙头的决定作斗争。十名实践穆斯林和犹太妇女接受了关于她们的头部/头发覆盖经历的采访。头部/头发覆盖被视为身份的表达，以及管理身份的一种方式。它是穆斯林和犹太妇女的关键话题，在身份发展和与身份发展、身份威胁、文化适应、灵性和与男性的社会关系相关的决策中处于核心地位。