Abstract
This study explored religiosity and the presence of character strength among American Muslim youth and analyzed 174 Muslim and Comparison youth. The results indicate that 75.5% of American Muslim youth sampled were categorized as Highly Religious, significantly more than their peers (p = .0001). Although Muslim youth were identified as Highly Religious, only 33.7% of the sample had previously explored their ideological beliefs and then made a commitment to Islam. Religiosity was significantly associated with a greater number of character strengths (p = .0002), which served as a protective factor. Finally, Highly Religious American Muslim youth were associated with the following character strengths: kindness, equity, leadership, self-regulation, prudence, gratitude, hope/optimism, spirituality, and forgiveness.
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