Research article summary (published 30 Dec 2008):

The Arabic scale of death anxiety: some results from east and west.

Full Abstract

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.

Author information

Author/s: Abdel-Khalek, Ahmed M (AM); Lester, David (D); Maltby, John (J); Tomás-Sábado, Joaquin (J);

Affiliation: College of Social Sciences, Kuwait University. ahmedkuniv(-atsign-)hotmail.com

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: Omega (Omega (Westport)), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2009-; vol 59 (issue 1) : pp 39-50

Dates: Created 2009/07/28; Completed 2009/10/02;

PMID: 19634505, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 10/2/2009, IMS Date: )

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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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