Abstract
This chapter is a statistical analysis of the dynamics of polygamy, which focuses on the children, wives, and men in these complex family structures. The research was carried out in the Bedouin-Arab community in southern Israel.
In this first quantitative section, we highlight how the variable “family functioning” was found to be crucial in explaining poor adjustment of children, men, and women in Bedouin-Arab polygamous families as compared with monogamous families. A regression analysis showed this variable to be the best predictor of all symptoms, explaining from 15.1 % to 26 % of the variance.
In the second qualitative section of this chapter, we present Part 2 of the project, in which specific patterns of relationship were analyzed for their contribution to emotional functioning. This second section is based on research done by Slonim-Nevo and Al-Krenawi (Fam Process 45(3):311–330, 2006).
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Al-Krenawi, A. (2014). The Call for Different Perspectives: Methodology. In: Psychosocial Impact of Polygamy in the Middle East. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-9375-4_4
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