Mental health and polygamy: The Syrian case

Table 4 First wives to second and third wives differences in family function, well being and mental health symptoms

	First wives(n = 40)	Second and third wives(n = 24)	t value
Family functioning (FAD)	2.48 ± 0.41	2.27 ± 0.36	2.17a
Marital relationship (Enrich)	3.34 ± 0.61	3.49 ± 0.53	0.82
Self esteem	2.87 ± 0.50	3.07 ± 0.27	2.01a
Life satisfaction (SWLS)	4.61 ± 0.98	4.74 ± 0.74	0.56
Mental health (SCL-90)
Somatization	1.68 ± 0.65	1.64 ± 0.69	0.24
Obsessive-compulsive	1.98 ± 0.57	1.78 ± 0.77	1.12
Interpersonal sensitivity	2.09 ± 0.61	1.82 ± 0.80	1.40
Depression	1.94 ± 0.55	1.70 ± 0.70	1.45
Anxiety	2.00 ± 0.60	1.70 ± 0.77	2.00a
Hostility	1.94 ± 0.72	1.80 ± 0.77	0.72
Phobic anxiety	1.87 ± 0.73	1.65 ± 0.84	1.11
Paranoid ideation	2.03 ± 0.62	1.71 ± 0.68	2.19a
Psychoticism	1.92 ± 0.68	1.59 ± 0.78	2.18a
Additional items	2.05 ± 0.60	1.92 ± 0.70	0.79
GSI	1.94 ± 0.51	1.72 ± 0.67	1.38

^aP < 0.05, ^bP < 0.01 between first wives, second and third wives. FAD: Family assessment device; SWLS: Satisfaction with life scale; SCL-90: Symptom checklist-90; GSI: Global severity index.