TY - JOUR
T1 - Scholastic achievement and family marital structure
T2 - Bedouin-arab adolescents from monogamous and polygamous families in israel
AU - Elbedour, Salman
AU - Bart, William M
AU - Hektner, Joel M.
PY - 2000/8/1
Y1 - 2000/8/1
N2 - In a sample of Bedouin-Arab adolescents from monogamous and polygamous families in the Negev region of Israel, the authors examined scholastic achievement levels in the subjects of Arabic, English, Hebrew, and mathematics. There were no significant differences in the scholastic achievement levels in those 4 disciplines between adolescents from monogamous families and those from polygamous families. There was, however, a significant interaction between gender and family marital structure for Hebrew scores: Polygamous family structures tended to engender higher Hebrew scores for the male participants, whereas monogamous family structures tended to engender higher Hebrew scores for the female participants. However, the major overall finding was that polygamous family marital structures did not affect deleteriously the scholastic achievement levels of the Bedouin-Arab participants.
AB - In a sample of Bedouin-Arab adolescents from monogamous and polygamous families in the Negev region of Israel, the authors examined scholastic achievement levels in the subjects of Arabic, English, Hebrew, and mathematics. There were no significant differences in the scholastic achievement levels in those 4 disciplines between adolescents from monogamous families and those from polygamous families. There was, however, a significant interaction between gender and family marital structure for Hebrew scores: Polygamous family structures tended to engender higher Hebrew scores for the male participants, whereas monogamous family structures tended to engender higher Hebrew scores for the female participants. However, the major overall finding was that polygamous family marital structures did not affect deleteriously the scholastic achievement levels of the Bedouin-Arab participants.
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U2 - 10.1080/00224540009600488
DO - 10.1080/00224540009600488
M3 - Article
C2 - 10981378
AN - SCOPUS:0034244263
SN - 0022-4545
VL - 140
SP - 503
EP - 514
JO - Journal of Social Psychology
JF - Journal of Social Psychology
IS - 4
ER -