Associations between bride price obligations and womens anger symptoms of mental distress poverty spouse and family conflict and preoccupations with injustice in conflict-affected Timor-Leste

摘要

ObjectivesBride price is a widespread custom in many parts of the world, including in most countries in sub-Saharan Africa and parts of Asia. We hypothesised that problems relating to the obligatory ongoing remittances made by the husband and his family to the bride's family may be a source of mental disturbance (in the form of explosive anger and severe mental distress) among women. In addition, we postulated that problems arising with bride price would be associated with conflict with the spouse and family, poverty and women's preoccupations with injustice.