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The Psychosocial Profile of Bedouin Arab Women Living in Polygamous and Monogamous Marriages
Alean Al-Krenawi & Vered Slonim-Nevo
Families in Society,
2008, v. 89,
no. 1, page(s) 139-149
Document Type: Article
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DOI: 10.1606/1044-3894.3718
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This study examining the psychosocial profile of Bedouin Arab Women living in polygamous and monogamous marriages found that women in polygamous marriages reported lower levels of self-esteem and higher levels of somatization, depression, anxiety, hostility, paranoid ideation, more problematic family functioning, less marital satisfaction, and more problematic mother–child relationships than women in monogamous marriages. The sample consisted of 315 women, 156 from polygamous and 159 from monogamous families. The respondents completed the Self-Esteem scale (SE), The Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI), The McMaster Family Assessment Device (FAD), The Enrich questionnaire and the Index of Parental Attitudes. The polygamous family structure and the economic difficulties widespread, apparently constitutes a substantial contribution to the polygamous household’s impaired family functioning.
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