Mental health and polygamy: The Syrian case

Table 3 Family structure and socio-demographic variables as predictors of the study's dependent measures: Standardized regression effect and R-square

	Family structure	Age	Education	Economic state	R square
Family functioning (FAD)	0.03	-0.04	0.02	-0.25b	0.058
Marital relationship (Enrich)	0.20a	0.23b	0.01	-0.06	0.160b
Self esteem	0.38b	0.05	0.02	-0.04	0.183b
life satisfaction (SWLS)	0.35b	0.09	0.06	0.06	0.158b
Mental health (SCL-90)
Somatization	-0.48b	0.11	-0.16	-0.32b	0.255b
Obsessive-compulsive	-0.33b	0.10	-0.06	-0.17	0.095a
Interpersonal sensitivity	-0.32b	0.08	-0.11	-0.18a	0.103b
Depression	-0.42b	0.08	-0.03	-0.26b	0.158b
Anxiety	-0.25b	0.23a	-0.18	-0.19a	0.141b
Hostility	-0.36b	-0.02	-0.08	-0.27b	0.155b
Phobic anxiety	-0.40b	0.12	-0.20a	-0.23b	0.192b
Paranoid ideation	-0.39b	0.07	-0.25b	-0.22b	0.210b
Psychoticism	-0.39b	0.08	-0.19a	-0.19a	0.175b
Additional items	-0.31b	0.15	-0.11	-0.18a	0.103b
GSI	-0.44b	0.12	-0.15	-0.26b	0.200b

^aP < 0.05,

^bP < 0.01 between 0-polygamy, 1-monogamy. FAD: Family assessment device; SWLS: Satisfaction with life scale; SCL-90: Symptom checklist-90; GSI: Global severity index.