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School of Psychology, Sociology and Rural Studies

Abdallah Badahdah

Abdallah Badahdah

Title

Professor

Office Building

Psychology, Sociology and Rural Studies

Office

227

Mailing Address

Ag Engineering 227
School of Psych, Soc & Rural Studies-Box 2120
University Station
Brookings, SD 57007

Biography

Dr. Badahdah is a professor of sociology in the School of Psychology, Sociology and Rural Studies. His research focuses on health and illness, stigma, gender, families and parenting. He published in several journals including AIDS Care, Sex Roles, Child Psychiatry and Human Development and Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. He serves as an associate editor for Journal of Gulf Studies, on the editorial board of Family Relations, on the consulting editorial board of AIDS and Behavior.

Education

  • Ph.D. in sociology
  • B.A. in psychology

Academic Interests

  • Health and illness (stigma, mental health, adherence to medication)
  • Gender
  • Families
  • Parenting practices
  • Social psychological aspects of HIV/AIDS
  • COVID-19 (mental health, vaccine, healthcare providers)

Committees and Professional Memberships

  • Midwest Sociological Society
  • National Council on Family Relations
  • Society for Personality and Social Psychology
  • Society for Couple and Family Psychology 

Publications

  1. Badahdah, A. M., Viskupič, F. and Wiltse, D. L. (2024). The Influence of Disagreements over COVID-19 Preventive Measures on Stress and Sleep Quality. Psychological Reports, 332941241266185. Advance online publication. DOI:10.1177/00332941241266185.
  2. Moussa, A. B., Badahdah, A. M., Hidous, K., Barakad, R., et al. (2024). Barriers to Oral PrEP: A Qualitative Study of Female Sex Workers, PrEP Prescribers, Policymakers, and Community Advocates in Morocco. Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care, 23, 23259582241266691. DOI:10.1177/23259582241266691.
  3. Badahdah, A., Viskupič, F. and Wiltse, D. L. (2024).Attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccination status disclosure in the provider–patient relationship: Findings from a population survey. World Medical and Health Policy. DOI:10.1002/wmh3.613. 
  4. Al Ghafri, T., Badahdah, A., Al Awaidy, S., Khamis, F., Anwar, H., Al Barwani, N., Al Tamimi, S., Hanashi, A. A., Al Yaaquba, A. G., Qatan, R., Al Mukhaini, A., Al Harrasi, A., Al Balushi, A., Al Aamri, S., Al Rabaani, M. and Al Musalhi, A. (2023). Mothers' Intention to Vaccinate Their Children Aged 5-11 against COVID-19: A Cross-sectional Survey. Oman Medical Journal, 38(1), e462. DOI:10.5001/omj.2023.47.
  5. Viskupič, F., Wiltse, D. and Badahdah, A. Reminders of existing vaccine mandates increase support for a COVID-19 vaccine mandate: Evidence from a survey experiment. Vaccine (Advance online publication).
  6. Badahdah A., Shahin M., Abu-Ras W. (2022). The Invisible frontiers: Mental health and turnover intention among social workers during COVID-19. International Social Work. (Advance online publication) DOI:10.1177/00208728221108006.
  7. Badahdah, A. M., Al Mahyijari, N., Badahdah, R., Al Lawati, F. and Khamis, F. (2022). Attitudes of physicians and nurses in Oman toward mandatory COVID-19 vaccination. Oman Medical Journal, 37(5), e429. DOI:10.5001/omj.2022.87.
  8. Viskupič, F., Wiltse, D. and Badahdah, A. (2022). Reminders of existing vaccine mandates increase support for a COVID-19 vaccine mandate: Evidence from a survey experiment. Vaccine (Advance online publication). DOI:10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.08.014.
  9. Al Mahyijari, N., Badahdah, A., Nahed, J. et al. (2022). Bullying at Work: Psychometric properties and cutoff scores of an Arabic version of the Short Negative Acts Questionnaire. International Journal of Bullying Prevention, 5, 88–94.DOI: 10.1007/s42380-022-00123-z.
  10. Khamis, F., Badahdah, A., Al Mahyijari, N., Al Lawati, F., Al Noamani, J., Al Salmi, I. and Al Bahrani, M. (2021). Attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccine: A survey of health care workers in Oman. Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health, 1–6. Advance online publication.
  11. Aziz, M. M., Badahdah, A. M. and Mohammed, H. M. (2021). Cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric assessment of an Arabic version of the health care provider HIV/AIDS stigma scale. Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care, 20. DOI:10.1177/23259582211066402. 
  12. Hong, P., Abdelmoneium, A., Badahdah, A. Grzywacz, J. (2021). A Conceptual model of work-family balance among Qatari adults. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology,52, 406-423.
  13. Al Mahyijari, N., Badahdah, A. M. and Khamis, F. (2021). The Psychological impacts of COVID-19: A study of frontline physicians and nurses in the Arab World. Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine, 38, 186–191.
  14. Lansford, J. E., Ben Brik, A. and Badahdah, A. M (Eds.) (2021). Families and Social Change in the Gulf Region. New York: Routledge.
  15. Badahdah, A. M., Khamis, F. and Mahyijari, N. A. (2020). The psychological well-being of physicians during COVID-19 outbreak in Oman. Psychiatry Research, 289, 113053.
  16. Badahdah, A., Khamis, F., Al Mahyijari, N., Al Balushi, M., Al Hatmi, H., Al Salmi, I., Albulushi, Z. and Al Noomani, J. (2020). The mental health of health care workers in Oman during the COVID-19 pandemic. The International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 67(1), 90–95.
  17. Badahdah, A. M., Khamis, F. and Al Mahyijari, N. (2020). Sleep quality among health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine: JCSM: Official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, 15 (9).
  18. Ashbourne, L., Baobaid, M., Tam, D., Al Jamal, A. and Badahdah. (2020). Arab families’ stories of migration from war zones: Gender roles and family relations in flux. Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies, 19, 114-127.
  19. Khamis, F., Mahyijari, N. A, Al Lawati, F. and Badahdah, A. M. (2020). The Mental health of female physicians and nurses in Oman during the COVID-19 pandemic. Oman Medical Journal, 35(6).

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