RELIGIOUS COPING AMONG MUSLIM MOMPRENEURS FACING DUAL-ROLE CONFLICT IN THE DIGITAL BUSINESS ERA

Gina Rizki Amalia, Muhammad Zein Permana

Abstract


Balancing domestic responsibilities and professional demands has become a critical challenge for women in the boundaryless digital business ecosystem. This study explores the psychological dynamics, adaptive coping, and religious coping of Muslim mompreneurs who face dual-role conflict while operating digital businesses. Using a qualitative design within a constructivist-interpretive paradigm, data were collected through 45-70 minute online semi-structured interviews with four Muslim mompreneurs aged 33-42 years who differed in domestic-support arrangements. Data were analyzed inductively using Braun and Clarke’s thematic analysis and strengthened through member checking, source triangulation, field notes, an audit trail, and researcher reflexivity. Four interconnected themes were identified: (1) motivation and role transition, marked by financial independence and the interpretation of childrearing as an amanah from Allah; (2) dual-role conflict and psychophysiological burden, including digital tethering, blurred work-family boundaries, maternal guilt, mental load, and physical exhaustion; (3) adaptive coping and boundary management through priority setting, block timing, role sounding, and family support; and (4) religious coping as a core spiritual emotion regulation system through prayer, du'a, dhikr, Qur'anic engagement, ridha, and tawakkul. The synthesis of these findings generated the Islamic Adaptive Coping and Thriving (IACT) Model as a contextual conceptual model explaining how practical coping and Islamic spiritual meaning-making jointly support psychological adaptation, resilience, and meaningful growth

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Religious Coping; Muslim Mompreneur; Dual-Role Conflict; Digital Business; Work-Family Boundaries; Psychological Well-Being

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