SynthesisEpidemiology and psychiatric sciences2013
The impact of polygamy on women's mental health: a systematic review.
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- Psychological impact of polygamous marriage on women and children: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2021Pooled it
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- Twelve-month prevalence, persistence, severity, and treatment of mood and anxiety disorders in Qatar's national mental health study.International journal of methods in psychiatric research · 2024Article
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- Multilevel analysis of determinants of polygyny among married men in Ethiopia.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Prevalence of Postpartum Depression and Associated Risk Factors Among Women in Jeddah, Western Saudi Arabia.Cureus · 2021Article
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- Ontological Security, Trauma and Violence, and the Protection of Women: Polygamy Among Minority Communities.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Dusukasi-The Heart That Cries: An Idiom of Mental Distress Among Perinatal Women in Rural Mali.Culture, medicine and psychiatry · 2018Article
- Perinatal depression in Nigeria: perspectives of women, family caregivers and health care providers.International journal of mental health systems · 2017Article
- A conceptual framework for improving well-being in people with a diagnosis of psychosis.Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences · 2014Article
- Risk factors associated with postpartum depression in the Saudi population.Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment · 2014Article
- Clinical Implications of HIV Treatment and Prevention for Polygamous Families in Kenya and Uganda: "My Co-Wife Is the One Who Used to Encourage Me".Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS CareArticle
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Abstract
Aims. The purpose of this systematic review is to identify and appraise the present state of prevalence research on the mental health of polygynous women, or plural wives, and to summarize its implications for future research and social work practice. Methods. PsycInfo (1967 to November 2011) and Medline (1985 to November 2011) databases, systematic bibliography hand-searches, personal communication with a leading expert, and gray literature searching were applied in a systematic literature search of the prevalence of mental-health issues in polygynous women compared to monogamous women. Twenty-two studies meeting eligibility criteria were identified. Study characteristics, methods and findings were systematically extracted and appraised for quality. Results. The identified studies are of mixed methodological quality, but generally suggest a more significant prevalence of mental-health issues in polygynous women compared to monogamous women. Individual studies report a higher prevalence of somatization, depression, anxiety, hostility, psychoticism and psychiatric disorder in polygynous wives as well as reduced life and marital satisfaction, problematic family functioning and low self-esteem. Conclusions. The current state of the research reveals with moderate confidence, a more significant prevalence of mental-health issues in polygynous women as compared to monogamous women. Implications for practice and research are indicated.
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