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| Research article summary (published 30 Jan 2003): |
Intelligence and family marital structure: the case of adolescents from monogamous and polygamous families among Bedouin Arabs in Israel.
Full Abstract
The levels of intelligence among Bedouin Arab adolescents from monogamous and polygamous families living in the Negev region of Israel were examined. A shortened version of the Raven's Progressive Matrices (RPM) test (S. Elbedour, T. J. Bouchard, & Y. Hur, 1997; J. Raven, J. C. Raven, & J. H. Court, 1998) was used to assess intelligence. There were no significant test score differences between adolescents from monogamous families and adolescents from polygamous families. In addition, participants with 2 mothers tended to have lower RPM scores than those with 3 or 4 mothers, and participants with related parents tended to have lower RPM scores than participants with unrelated parents. One major finding of this study is that polygamous family marital structures tended not to have deleterious effects on the Bedouin Arab adolescents' RPM test scores.
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Author/s: Elbedour, Salman (S); Bart, William M (WM); Hektner, Joel (J);
Affiliation: Department of Human Development and Psychoeducational Issues, School of Education, Howard University, Washington, DC 20059, USA. selbedour(-atsign-)Howard.edu
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Journal: The Journal of social psychology (J Soc Psychol), published in United States. (Language: eng)
Reference: 2003-Feb; vol 143 (issue 1) : pp 95-110
Dates: Created 2003/03/05; Completed 2003/04/01; Revised 2006/11/15;
PMID: 12617349, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)
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