| The Arabic scale of death anxiety: some results from east and west. | |
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PMID: 19634505 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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The twofold objectives of the present study were (a) to examine sex-related differences on the Arabic Scale of Death Anxiety (ASDA) in seven Arabic and Western countries, and (b) to compare the mean ASDA scores among Arabic samples (Egypt, Kuwait, Lebanon, and Syria) with Western samples (Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States). A total sample of 2978 volunteer undergraduates participated in this study. They resided in their countries of origin and responded to the scale in their respective native-speaking languages. Sex-related differences on the ASDA were statistically significant in all countries (except the United Kingdom), with women having higher mean scores than their male peers. It was found that all the Arab samples, except the Lebanese men, had significantly higher mean ASDA scores than their Western counterparts. These differences might be explained either in the light of higher emotionally responsiveness of the Arab samples, differences in individualism and collectivism and in secularism in the countries, and the lower per capita income in the Arab countries except in Kuwait. |
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Authors:
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Ahmed M Abdel-Khalek; David Lester; John Maltby; Joaquin Tomás-Sábado |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Omega Volume: 59 ISSN: 0030-2228 ISO Abbreviation: Omega (Westport) Publication Date: 2009 |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2009-07-28 Completed Date: 2009-10-02 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 1272106 Medline TA: Omega (Westport) Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 39-50 Citation Subset: IM |
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College of Social Sciences, Kuwait University. ahmedkuniv@hotmail.com |
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Adult Anxiety / ethnology* Arabs / psychology Attitude to Death / ethnology* Cross-Cultural Comparison* Egypt / epidemiology Fear / psychology Female Great Britain / epidemiology Humans Kuwait / epidemiology Lebanon / epidemiology Male Psychometrics Reproducibility of Results Sex Distribution Spain / epidemiology Syria / epidemiology Test Anxiety Scale* United States / epidemiology |
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