Sibship Size, Birth Order, and Personaltiy among Kuwaiti College Students

2007 ◽  
Vol 101 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed M. Abdel-Khalek ◽  
David Lester
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Suicidal Ideation ◽  
Birth Order ◽  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
Sibship Size ◽  
Kuwait University ◽  
Orientation Scale

In a sample of 460 (103 men, 357 women) Kuwaiti college students ( M age = 21.9 yr., SD=3.0), scores on the Arabic Scale of Optimism and Pessimism, the Death Obsession Scale, the Arabic Scale of Obsession-Compulsion, the Kuwait University Anxiety Scale, the Taoist Orientation Scale, and the Suicidal Ideation Scale were not associated with sibship size and birth order.

Sibship Size, Birth Order, and Personality

2005 ◽  
Vol 97 (2) ◽  
pp. 387-388 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed Abdel-Khalek ◽  
David Lester
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Suicidal Ideation ◽  
Birth Order ◽  
Obsessive Compulsive ◽  
Sibship Size ◽  
Personality Tests

In a sample of 273 American college students who were administered seven personality tests, only death obsession scores were consistently associated with sibship size and birth order (not optimism, pessimism, anxiety, a Taoist orientation, suicidal ideation, or obsessive-compulsive tendencies).

Anxiety in Kuwaiti and American College Students

2006 ◽  
Vol 99 (2) ◽  
pp. 512-514E ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed M. Abdel-Khalek ◽  
David Lester
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
Anxiety Score ◽  
Kuwait University ◽  
American Women ◽  
Arabic And English

Samples of Kuwaiti ( n = 646) and American ( n = 320) undergraduates responded to the Kuwait University Anxiety Scale in Arabic and English, respectively. Differences by sex were significant, with women having a higher mean anxiety score than men and by country with Kuwaiti women having a higher anxiety score than American women.

Differences in Anxiety Scores of College Students from Germany, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the USA

2009 ◽  
Vol 104 (2) ◽  
pp. 624-626 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed M. Abdel-Khalek ◽  
John Maltby
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Sex Differences ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
Anxiety Score ◽  
Kuwait University ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The Usa ◽  
University Undergraduates

A sample of 243 (114 men, 129 women) British university undergraduates responded to the Kuwait University Anxiety Scale in English. Their scores were compared with scores for 207 German, 312 Spanish, and 320 USA students previously tested. Analysis showed German men had the lowest mean score across the male groups, as did German women across the female groups. Women from the USA had the highest mean anxiety score. Sex differences for scores on the scale were significant only in the samples from Spain and the USA, with women scoring higher than men.

Lack of Association of Extraversion and Neuroticism with Sibship Size and Birth Order among Arab College Students

2007 ◽  
Vol 101 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed M. Abdel-Khalek
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Birth Order ◽  
Sibship Size

In a sample of 450 (220 men, 230 women) Egyptian undergraduates ( M age = 20.6 yr., SD=1.9), scores on Extraversion and Neuroticism scales were not associated with sibship size and birth order.

The Kuwait University Anxiety Scale: A Cross-Cultural Evaluation in Kuwait and United States

2003 ◽  
Vol 93 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1109-1114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed Abdel-Khalek ◽  
David Lester
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
College Students ◽  
Sex Differences ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
Kuwait University ◽  
American Sample ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Arabic And English ◽  
Total Scale Score

Kuwaiti ( n = 460) and American ( n = 273) college students responded to the Kuwait University Anxiety Scale in Arabic and English languages, respectively. Coefficients alpha were .93 and .95, while the item-remainder correlations ranged from .37 to .75 and from .33 to .81 for the Kuwaiti and American samples, respectively. Three factors were identified for the Kuwaiti sample: (1) Cognitive/Affective, (2) Somatic, and (3) Behavioral/Subjective Anxiety and two factors for the American sample: (1) Cognitive/Affective/Behavioral and (2) Somatic Anxiety. The Kuwaiti sample had significantly higher mean scores on 13 of the 20 items and on the total scale score than the American sample. Sex differences were significant in both countries. By and large, the Kuwait University Anxiety Scale seems viable in the American and Kuwaiti contexts.

Factorial Structure of the Kuwait University Anxiety Scale in a Large Sample of College Students: Rejoinder

2007 ◽  
Vol 101 (1) ◽  
pp. 90-92
Author(s):  
Ahmed M. Abdel-Khalek
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Arab Countries ◽  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
Factorial Structure ◽  
Kuwait University ◽  
Present Sample ◽  
Large Sample ◽  
Large Samples ◽  
Larger Sample

Recently a study by Lester of American college students found a different factor structure for the Kuwait University Anxiety Scale than studies with students from Arab countries. Thus, a large sample of college students ( N=3,064) was recruited from 10 Arab countries to examine the replicability of the factors previously extracted from the Kuwait University Anxiety Scale. Three factors, identified in the present sample, were compatible with those in the prior larger sample ( N = 9,031). These were labeled Cognitive/Affective Anxiety, Subjective Anxiety or Nervousness, and Somatic Anxiety. The factorial pattern of the scale has been verified by both large samples.

Adequacy of an English Version of the Kuwait University Anxiety Scale Based on Back Translation and Testing Bilingual Subjects

2003 ◽  
Vol 93 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1101-1104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed M. Abdel-Khalek
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
English Language ◽  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
English Version ◽  
Kuwait University ◽  
Language And Literature ◽  
Back Translation ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
Cross Language ◽  
Language Equivalence

An English version, a translation of the Kuwait University Anxiety Scale written originally in Arabic, was prepared. Several cycles of translation and back translation were carried out. Bilingual Arab college students, studying English language and literature ( N = 74) responded to the two versions of this scale in counterbalanced order. The correlation between the two forms was .96 denoting high cross-language equivalence. The nonsignificant mean difference for total scores between the two versions was an indication that they functioned as equivalent stimuli. Thus, the English version of the scale is highly recommended for use with English-speaking subjects.

The Kuwait University Anxiety Scale: Reliability and Criterion-Related Validity in Syrian College Students

2001 ◽  
Vol 89 (3) ◽  
pp. 718-718 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed M. Abdel-Khalek ◽  
Samer Rudwan
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Trait Anxiety ◽  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
Kuwait University ◽  
Scale Reliability

The Kuwait University Anxiety Scale was administered to 51 male and 56 female undergraduates in Syria. Respectively, the coefficients α for men, women, and the whole group were .91, .92, and .92; the test-retest rs after 14 to 21 days .88, .81, and .84; and the criterion-related validities .64, .62, and .64 against scores on Spielberger, et al.'s Trait Anxiety scale.

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