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.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 95-110 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| Journal | Journal of Social Psychology |
| Volume | 143 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Feb 1 2003 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The authors wish to express their appreciation for the cooperation of all participants in this study and for the support provided for this study by school authorities in the Negev region of Israel, Howard University, the University of Minnesota, and North Dakota State University. Address correspondence to Salman Elbedouc Department of Human Development and Psychoeducational Studies, School of Education, Howard University, 2441 Fourth Street NH! Washington, DC 200.59; [email protected] (e-mail).
Keywords
- Bedouin Arab
- Intelligence
- Polygamy