Polygamy and Its Impact on the Mental Health of Family Members: Implications for Counseling Practice

Razak, Muhammad Ajib Abd

doi:10.37200/ijpr/v24i4/pr201521

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“…The study shows that the polygamy and family conflict factors negatively influence child labour practices [36,37]. On the other hand, early marriage factors also do negatively impacting child labour practices.…”

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The Socio-cultural Determinants of Child Labour in Tanzania

Joseph

2023

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The purpose of the study was to examine the socio-cultural determinants of child labour in small scale gold mining in Tanzania. Specifically, the study examined polygamy, early marriage and family conflict among the respondents which influence child labour practices in small scale gold mining (SSGM) in Geita region. Furthermore, the study used the case of Nyang’hwale district which is one of the districts in Geita region where SSGM activities are rampant compared to the rest of the districts. The study used a cross-sectional survey researches design. The primary data were collected by using questionnaires from 209 individuals who were randomly sampled from Nyang’hwale district in Geita region. Moreover, the study applied a newly developed method of measuring the age risk of children working under 18 years known as Eta Value. The researcher analyzed the data using the Structural Equation Modeling Partial Least Square (SEM PLS) with a combination of analytic techniques - statistics and artificial intelligence software. The study found that the child labour determinants under socio-cultural factors were polygamy, early marriage and family conflict. Moreover, the researcher found that micro-sociology focuses on the individual's micro aspects – polygamy, early marriage and family conflicts which are socio-cultural oriented. The study concludes that the fundamental sociocultural determinants are polygamy, early marriage and family conflict. Therefore the study recommends that the polygamy, early marriage and family conflict are significant sociocultural factors that contribute to the child labour practices in Geita.

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The Socio-cultural Determinants of Child Labour in Tanzania

Joseph

2023

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“…Polygamy affects the mental health status of family members. Many family members suffer symptoms of depression, anxiety, trauma, somatic symptom disorder, interpersonal sensitivity, phobias, obsessive-compulsive tendencies, paranoia, and psychotics (Abd Razak et al, 2020). Gadban and Goldner (2020) investigated different polygamous women's experiences through drawing tests that indicated complex emotions of anger, jealousy, sadness, loneliness, and lack of power.…”

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Development and Validation of an Indigenous Jealousy Scale for Polygamous Women

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Malik

2022

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The present study aimed to develop a culturally relevant and indigenous scale to assess the jealousy among polygamous women In study one, 16 semi-structured in-depth interviews with the age range of 18-60 years women (Polygamous, monogamous, experts) were conducted, and 65 items of the scale were empirically validated through content validation and Exploratory Factor Analysis on polygamous women (N = 200). The findings indicated that the Jealousy Scale for Polygamous Women has five factors having internally consistent (emotional, cognitive, behavioral, sexual, and possessive jealousy). Further, independent t-test was applied to seek the differences between first and second wives on jealousy and its subscales. Means scores revealed a significant differences between first and second wives as the first wives showed more emotional, cognitive, sexual, and overall jealousy, while lower possessive jealousy than the second wives. Study II was a conducted to determine the convergent validity with psychological distress while discriminant validity with psychological well-being of newly developed Jealousy scale for polygamous women. Both were subscales of the Mental Health Inventory (MHI, Veit, & Ware, 1983). The findings revealed the positive relationship between jealousy and its sub-scales with psychological-distress while the negative relationship with psychological well-being among polygamous women. Results indicate Jealousy Scale for Polygamous Women is a valid, reliable, and promising tool in the indigenous setting.

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Polygamy and Its Impact on the Mental Health of Family Members: Implications for Counseling Practice

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The Socio-cultural Determinants of Child Labour in Tanzania

The Socio-cultural Determinants of Child Labour in Tanzania

Development and Validation of an Indigenous Jealousy Scale for Polygamous Women

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