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Syrian Immigrant Women's Second Wife Culture: A Study on Psychosocial Consequences
Abstract
Objective: This study was conducted to determine Syrian immigrant women's views on second-wife culture and its psychosocial consequences.
Method: This study was conducted between June and July 2024 through in-depth, face-to-face interviews employing a phenomenological design, one of the qualitative research methods. The sample consisted of women who were over 18 years of age, married, second wives, and able to communicate through an interpreter. Participants were selected using the "criterion-based sampling technique," a type of purposive sampling method. Data were collected using a semi-structured interview form and analysed through thematic coding.
Results: The study identified five main themes: Theme 1. Decision to marry as a second wife; Theme 2. Relations with the spouse; Theme 3. Relations with the second wife; Theme 4. Relations with children; and Theme 5. Desired changes in their lives. Cultural, familial, religious, and community-based factors were found to influence women’s decisions to become second wives.
Conclusion: Syrian migrant women’s awareness of becoming second wives is shaped by the family and society in which they live. These marriages cause women to experience psychological difficulties in their social lives and cannot create a sense of belonging. The factors compelling women into these marriages should be addressed and eliminated. It is important to strengthen the psychological aspects of women in these marriages and ensure their social integration.
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
Cultural Psychology
Journal Section
Research Article
Early Pub Date
June 1, 2025
Publication Date
December 16, 2025
Submission Date
February 21, 2025
Acceptance Date
May 7, 2025
Published in Issue
Year 2025 Volume: 17 Number: Supplement 1
APA
Yakıt Ak, E., & Tandoğan, Ö. (2025). Syrian Immigrant Women’s Second Wife Culture: A Study on Psychosocial Consequences. Psikiyatride Güncel Yaklaşımlar, 17(Supplement 1), 47-56. https://doi.org/10.18863/pgy.1644707
AMA
1.Yakıt Ak E, Tandoğan Ö. Syrian Immigrant Women’s Second Wife Culture: A Study on Psychosocial Consequences. Psikiyatride Güncel Yaklaşımlar - Current Approaches in Psychiatry. 2025;17(Supplement 1):47-56. doi:10.18863/pgy.1644707
Chicago
Yakıt Ak, Eda, and Özden Tandoğan. 2025. “Syrian Immigrant Women’s Second Wife Culture: A Study on Psychosocial Consequences”. Psikiyatride Güncel Yaklaşımlar 17 (Supplement 1): 47-56. https://doi.org/10.18863/pgy.1644707.
EndNote
Yakıt Ak E, Tandoğan Ö (December 1, 2025) Syrian Immigrant Women’s Second Wife Culture: A Study on Psychosocial Consequences. Psikiyatride Güncel Yaklaşımlar 17 Supplement 1 47–56.
IEEE
[1]E. Yakıt Ak and Ö. Tandoğan, “Syrian Immigrant Women’s Second Wife Culture: A Study on Psychosocial Consequences”, Psikiyatride Güncel Yaklaşımlar - Current Approaches in Psychiatry, vol. 17, no. Supplement 1, pp. 47–56, Dec. 2025, doi: 10.18863/pgy.1644707.
ISNAD
Yakıt Ak, Eda - Tandoğan, Özden. “Syrian Immigrant Women’s Second Wife Culture: A Study on Psychosocial Consequences”. Psikiyatride Güncel Yaklaşımlar 17/Supplement 1 (December 1, 2025): 47-56. https://doi.org/10.18863/pgy.1644707.
JAMA
1.Yakıt Ak E, Tandoğan Ö. Syrian Immigrant Women’s Second Wife Culture: A Study on Psychosocial Consequences. Psikiyatride Güncel Yaklaşımlar - Current Approaches in Psychiatry. 2025;17:47–56.
MLA
Yakıt Ak, Eda, and Özden Tandoğan. “Syrian Immigrant Women’s Second Wife Culture: A Study on Psychosocial Consequences”. Psikiyatride Güncel Yaklaşımlar, vol. 17, no. Supplement 1, Dec. 2025, pp. 47-56, doi:10.18863/pgy.1644707.
Vancouver
1.Eda Yakıt Ak, Özden Tandoğan. Syrian Immigrant Women’s Second Wife Culture: A Study on Psychosocial Consequences. Psikiyatride Güncel Yaklaşımlar - Current Approaches in Psychiatry. 2025 Dec. 1;17(Supplement 1):47-56. doi:10.18863/pgy.1644707
