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.

scholarly journals Death Anxiety, Reliability, Validity, and Factorial Structure of the Farsi Form of the Arabic Scale of Death Anxiety in Iranian Old-Aged Persons

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahboubeh Dadfar ◽  
David Lester ◽  
Fazel Bahrami
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Death Anxiety ◽  
Arab Countries ◽  
Total Variance ◽  
Factorial Structure ◽  
Aged Sample ◽  
The Mean

The present study is aimed at examining the level of death anxiety and the sex-related differences among old-aged Iranian individuals sample to compare the old-aged persons with young college students and to explore the psychometric properties of the Arabic Scale of Death Anxiety (ASDA) factors in old-aged sample. A sample of 146 volunteer Iranian individuals took part in the study. The mean ages were 68.58 (SD = 7.10), men 68.81 (SD = 7.44) and women 68.28 (SD = 6.76), respectively. The mean score of the ASDA was 51.09 (SD = 20.19). Cronbach’s alpha of the ASDA was found to be high (0.94); and Spearman-Brown coefficient was 0.92. Women had a significantly higher mean total score on the ASDA. Old-aged individuals had a significantly higher mean ASDA total score than younger college students (M age = 25.77). The factor analysis of the ASDA items yielded three factors accounting for 67.88% of the total variance labeled (F1) fear of dead people and tombs; (F2) fear of lethal disease and postmortem events; and (F3) death fear. These factors were highly replicable with previous factors extracted from a middle-aged Kuwaiti sample. On the basis of the present results, there are the following three general conclusions: death anxiety is not significantly correlated with age; the sex-related differences on death anxiety are striking in the Iranian samples; and the ASDA has a highly replicable factor structure among two Iranian and Arab countries.

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.

GENDER DIFFERENCES IN ANXIETY AMONG UNDERGRADUATES FROM TEN ARAB COUNTRIES

2004 ◽  
Vol 32 (7) ◽  
pp. 649-655 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdel-Khalek Ahmed M. ◽  
Bader M. Alansari
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Gender Roles ◽  
Arab Countries ◽  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
Socialization Process ◽  
Sex Typing ◽  
Kuwait University ◽  
And Gender

This study investigated gender differences in anxiety among volunteer undergraduates recruited from 10 Arab countries; Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Emirates, Oman, Egypt, Syria,Lebanon, Palestine (Nablus and Gaza), Jordan and Iraq (N = 3,064). The Kuwait University Anxiety Scale (KUAS) was used in its Arabic form. It was found that females had higher mean anxiety scores than did their male counterparts in all 10 countries. However, significant differences were found in 7 out of the 10 countries. The salient gender differences were interpreted in the light of a socialization process; especially sex-typing and gender roles.

OPTIMISM AND PESSIMISM IN KUWAITI AND OMANI UNDERGRADUATES

2008 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 503-518
Author(s):  
Bader M. Alansari ◽  
Ali M. Kazem
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Beck Depression Inventory ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
Factorial Structure ◽  
Kuwait University ◽  
Good Internal Consistency ◽  
The Mean

In this study we investigated cultural differences and correlates of optimism and pessimism in Kuwaiti (n = 600) and Omani (n = 600) undergraduates. All respondents completed the Arabic Scale of Optimism and Pessimism (ASOP; Abdel-Khalek & Alansari, 1995), the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II; Beck, Steer, & Brown, 1996), and the Kuwait University Anxiety Scale (KUAS; Abdel-Khalek, 2000). The ASOP displayed good internal consistency, a meaningful factorial structure and interpretable factors in both countries. It was found that optimism correlated negatively with the above scales, while the correlations of pessimism were positive, indicating the convergent validity of the ASOP. The Kuwaiti mean score on optimism was significantly lower than the mean of their Omani counterparts, and no significant cultural differences were found for pessimism.

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.

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.

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.

German Version of the Kuwait University Anxiety Scale: Psychometric Parameters

2006 ◽  
Vol 99 (2) ◽  
pp. 390-395 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed M. Abdel-Khalek ◽  
Samer Rudwan ◽  
Konrad Reschke ◽  
Ismail Tanjour
Keyword(s):  
Arab Countries ◽  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
Kuwait University ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
German Sample ◽  
German Translation ◽  
Good Internal Consistency ◽  
German College ◽  
The U.S ◽  
High Criterion

A German translation of the Kuwait University Anxiety Scale, written originally in Arabic, was prepared. A sample of 207 men and women German college students was recruited. Coefficient alpha was .88, whereas the item-remainder correlations ranged from .21 to .63, denoting good internal consistency. The correlation of the scale with the German form of the Trait Anxiety Scale was .76, indicating high criterion-related validity. Three factors were identified: General, Somatic, and Cognitive/Affective Anxiety. German students scored lower (less anxious) than students from the U.S. and 18 Arab countries. The sex difference was not significant for the German sample.

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.

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