FACTORIAL STRUCTURE OF THE KUWAIT UNIVERSITY ANXIETY SCALE IN A LARGE SAMPLE OF COLLEGE STUDENTS: REJOINDER

2007 ◽  
Vol 101 (5) ◽  
pp. 90 ◽  
Author(s):  
AHMED M. ABDEL-KHALEK
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
Factorial Structure ◽  
Kuwait University ◽  
Large Sample

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.

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.

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.

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.

Construction of Anxiety and Dimensional Personality Model in College Students

2013 ◽  
Vol 112 (3) ◽  
pp. 992-1004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed M. Abdel-Khalek
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Stepwise Regression ◽  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
Eysenck Personality Questionnaire ◽  
Personality Questionnaire ◽  
Kuwait University ◽  
Men And Women

A sample of 402 volunteer male ( n = 156) and female ( n = 246) Kuwaiti undergraduates responded to the Arabic versions of the Kuwait University Anxiety Scale and the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire. The latter questionnaire has four subscales: Psychoticism, Extraversion, Neuroticism, and Lie. Women obtained a higher mean score on Kuwait University Anxiety Scale and Neuroticism than did men, while men had a higher mean score on Psychoticism than did women. Factor analysis of the intercorrelations between the five variables, separately conducted for men and women, gave rise to two orthogonal factors called Anxiety-and-Neuroticism vs Extraversion, and Psychoticism vs Lie. Stepwise regression revealed that Neuroticism was the main predictor of anxiety. It was concluded that persons with high Neuroticism scores may be more vulnerable to anxiety than those with low scores.

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