Success and failure among polygamous families: The experience of wives, husbands, and children

Family Process

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 311-330

  Slonim Nevo, Vered ^a   Al Krenawi, Alean ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bedouin Arabs; Family Functioning; Polygamy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARAB; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ISRAEL; MALE; MARRIAGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW;

ADULT; ARABS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; ISRAEL; MALE; MARRIAGE;

EID: 33747174257     PISSN: 00147370     EISSN: 15455300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1545-5300.2006.00173.x     Document Type: Review

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