A Comparison Study of Psychological, Family Function Marital and Life Satisfactions of Polygamous and Monogamous Women in Jordan

摘要: This study surveyed a 2009 convenience sampling of 199 women, 93 whom were first (or senior) wives in polygamous marriages and 106 monogamous marriages. We deployed the McMaster Family Assessment Device (FAD), ENRICH marital satisfaction questionnaire, SCL-90 mental health symptoms checklist, Rosenberg self-esteem (SE) scale, Diener, Emmons, Larsen, Griffin life basic sociodemographic including attitudes towards polygamy. Women from families experienced more problems family functioning, relations, reported low self-esteem, less with life, somatization, interpersonal sensitivity, depression, anxiety, hostility, paranoid ideation, psychoticism their general severity index was higher (GSI). More women agreed practice polygamy, as compared to counterparts. The conclusion considers implications for practice, policy, further research.