A comparison of family functioning, life and marital satisfaction, and mental health of women in polygamous and monogamous marriages

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 5-17

  Al Krenawi, Alean ^a   Graham, John R ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARAB; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY FUNCTIONING; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MONOGAMY; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PARANOIA; PHOBIA; POLYGAMY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WELLBEING;

ADULT; ARABS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MINORITY GROUPS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PHOBIC DISORDERS; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 31844453265     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: 17412854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00207640060061245     Document Type: Article

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