School of Social Work, Sapir Academic College, D.N. Hof Ashkleon 7915600, Israel.
Department of Communication Disorders, Hadassah Academic College, Jerusalem 91010, Israel.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2024 Sep 26;21(10):1281. doi: 10.3390/ijerph21101281.
Polygynous marriage is prevalent among Israel's Bedouin-Arab community, despite being explicitly banned by state law. Cultural traditions and customs permit men to take multiple wives, and Islamic teachings do not prohibit the practice. The impact of polygyny is significant, affecting women, children, and society as a whole in various ways. We examined the connections that attachment anxiety and attachment avoidance had with hypothetical responses to the potential threat of polygynous marriages in a community sample of young unmarried Israeli Bedouin-Arab women ( = 306). Participants were randomly assigned to imagine either a high-threat scenario (i.e., finding that their husband decided to take a second wife; = 151) or a low-threat scenario (i.e., their husband would not decide to take a second wife; = 155) and report their anticipated responses to these scenarios. Results showed that attachment anxiety was positively associated with anticipated negative emotional responses in the high-threat condition but not in the low-threat condition. However, neither attachment anxiety nor attachment avoidance were associated with the perceived threat of polygyny to their marriage. The findings of this study suggest that attachment styles play a significant role in shaping women's perceptions and reactions to hypothetical polygynous marriages. Women with anxious attachment styles are more likely to experience intensified negative emotions regarding such marriages, while those with avoidant attachment styles may display greater tolerance toward polygyny. These results highlight the need for tailored interventions and support systems that take into account individual psychological profiles as well as the broader cultural context of Israeli Bedouin-Arab society.
多配偶婚姻在以色列的贝都因-阿拉伯社区中很普遍，尽管这种婚姻被国家法律明确禁止。文化传统和习俗允许男性娶多个妻子，而伊斯兰教教义并不禁止这种做法。多配偶制的影响是显著的，以各种方式影响着妇女、儿童和整个社会。我们在一个年轻的未结婚的以色列贝都因-阿拉伯社区女性（n = 306）的社区样本中研究了依恋焦虑和依恋回避与多配偶婚姻潜在威胁的假设反应之间的联系。参与者被随机分配想象一个高威胁情境（即发现他们的丈夫决定再娶一个妻子；n = 151）或低威胁情境（即他们的丈夫不会决定再娶一个妻子；n = 155），并报告他们对这些情境的预期反应。结果表明，依恋焦虑与高威胁情境下预期的负面情绪反应呈正相关，但在低威胁情境下则没有。然而，无论是依恋焦虑还是依恋回避，都与多配偶制对婚姻的感知威胁无关。这项研究的结果表明，依恋风格在塑造女性对假设的多配偶婚姻的看法和反应方面起着重要作用。具有焦虑依恋风格的女性更有可能对这种婚姻产生强烈的负面情绪，而具有回避依恋风格的女性可能对多配偶制表现出更大的容忍度。这些结果强调了需要制定个性化的干预措施和支持系统，既要考虑到个体的心理特征，也要考虑到以色列贝都因-阿拉伯社会的更广泛的文化背景。
