Elbedour Salman, Onwuegbuzie Anthony J, Alatamin Mohammad
Department of Human Development and Psychoeducational Studies, School of Education, Howard University, Washington, DC 20059, USA.
Genet Soc Gen Psychol Monogr. 2003 Aug;129(3):213-37.
Families in the Bedouin-Arab community in Israel are characterized by monogamous and polygamous marriages. Such diversity in family structure occurs in other parts of the world, yet scant empirical evidence exists to refute or to support the claim that polygamous family structure can be a risk factor for children's school maladjustment and negative developmental outcomes. The purpose of the current study was to test this claim. Participants were 255 3rd-grade children from the Negev Bedouin community in Israel. One hundred fifty-three children came from monogamous families that were characterized by 1 wife (i.e., 1-wife families), and 102 children came from polygamous families consisting of 2 wives (i.e., 2-wife families). Teachers completed the Teacher's Report Form of the Child Behavior Checklist (T. M. Achenback, 1991b). A series of logistic regression analyses, after adjusting for maternal education level, revealed that 2-wife children tended to have higher levels of externalizing problems in general and higher levels of attention problems in particular than did their 1-wife counterparts. Also, 2-wife children had higher rates of school absenteeism and lower levels of overall academic achievement than did 1-wife children. Implications for the Bedouin society are discussed.
以色列贝都因 - 阿拉伯社区的家庭以一夫一妻制和一夫多妻制婚姻为特征。这种家庭结构的多样性在世界其他地区也存在，但几乎没有实证证据来反驳或支持一夫多妻制家庭结构可能是儿童学校适应不良和负面发展结果的风险因素这一说法。本研究的目的是检验这一说法。研究对象是来自以色列内盖夫贝都因社区的255名三年级儿童。其中153名儿童来自以1名妻子为特征的一夫一妻制家庭（即一妻家庭），102名儿童来自由2名妻子组成的一夫多妻制家庭（即二妻家庭）。教师填写了儿童行为检查表的教师报告表（T.M.阿肯巴克，1991b）。一系列逻辑回归分析在调整了母亲教育水平后显示，二妻家庭的孩子总体上往往比一妻家庭的孩子有更高水平的外化问题，尤其是注意力问题水平更高。此外，二妻家庭的孩子旷课率更高，总体学业成绩水平比一妻家庭的孩子更低。文中讨论了对贝都因社会的影响。
