@article{ref1,
title=""I have no hope": the experience of mothers in polygamous families as manifested in  drawings and narratives",
journal="Frontiers in psychology",
year="2020",
author="Gadban, Faten and Goldner, Limor",
volume="11",
number="",
pages="e608577-e608577",
abstract="Polygamy is associated with lower marital satisfaction and is known to involve  sexual, physical, and emotional abuse on the part of the husband. Less is known  about the experience of mothers in polygamous families. This study was designed to  shed light on the experiences of women in polygamous families in a sample of 80  Israeli Arab mothers living in polygamous families who use social services, domestic  violence agencies, and health centers. Mothers were asked to draw their experiences  in their families and to provide narratives for the drawings. A phenomenological  approach was used to analyze the drawings, and yielded five different pictorial  phenomena: (1) pseudo-sweetness, (2) houses, (3) the absentee father and the  estranged mother, (4) incorporation of graphic symbols and lettering that  represented distress, and (5) growth and development. Most of the drawings were  restricted and shallow, indicating a complex emotional state of despair and  distress. The central feelings that emerged from the drawings were negative emotions  of anger, sadness, loneliness, and powerlessness. While some women longed for  romantic relationships with their husbands, others expressed the desire for revenge  and justice. Dissociation and parentification, as central coping strategies, emerged  from the drawings and the narratives. The findings are discussed theoretically and  clinically.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1664-1078",
doi="10.3389/fpsyg.2020.608577",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.608577"
}