Reliability, Factorial Validity, and Means on the Kuwait University Anxiety Scale: A UK University Sample

2008 ◽  
Vol 102 (3) ◽  
pp. 867-869 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed M. Abdel-Khalek ◽  
John Maltby
Keyword(s):  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
Factorial Validity ◽  
English Version ◽  
Kuwait University ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
High Internal Consistency ◽  
Components Analysis ◽  
Current Sample ◽  
University Undergraduates ◽  
Scree Test

A sample of 243 (114 men and 129 women) British university undergraduates ( M age = 22.5 yr., 52? = 5.8; M age = 22.0 yr., SD = 5.7, respectively) completed the English version of the Kuwait University Anxiety Scale. Principal components analysis with the use of parallel analysis and a scree test suggest that in the current sample the items form a single factor and show a coefficient alpha of .92, denoting high internal consistency. No significant mean difference was found by sex. By and large, the Kuwait University Anxiety Scale can be recommended for use in research among college students in the United Kingdom.

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.

GENDER DIFFERENCES IN ANXIETY AMONG UNDERGRADUATES FROM SIXTEEN ISLAMIC COUNTRIES

2006 ◽  
Vol 34 (6) ◽  
pp. 651-660 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bader M. Alansari
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
English Version ◽  
Socialization Process ◽  
Sex Typing ◽  
Kuwait University ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Islamic Countries ◽  
And Gender

This study investigated gender differences in anxiety among volunteer undergraduates recruited from sixteen Islamic countries; Algiers, Egypt, Emirates, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen (N= 7,506). The Kuwait University Anxiety Scale (Abdel-Khalek, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004) was used in its Arabic form for all groups except the Pakistan group, for which the English version of KUAS was used. There are significant gender differences in 11 Islamic countries out of 16 in which females tended to be higher on the anxiety scale: Egypt, Iraq, Morocco, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Lebanon, Pakistan, Algiers, Yemen and Syria, while there was no significant difference in anxiety between the genders in the following five countries: Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Sudan, Emirates and Palestine. The salient gender differences were interpreted in the light of a socialization process; especially sex-typing and gender roles.

The Kuwait University Anxiety Scale: Results for 9,031 Saudi Students

2003 ◽  
Vol 93 (1) ◽  
pp. 203-212 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed M. Abdel-Khalek ◽  
Abdel-Ghaffar A. Al-Damaty
Keyword(s):  
Age Differences ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
State Trait Anxiety Inventory ◽  
Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia ◽  
Kuwait University ◽  
Saudi Students ◽  
Geographical Regions ◽  
University Undergraduates ◽  
Highly Loaded

The Kuwait University Anxiety Scale was administered to 9,031 male ( n = 4,143) and female ( n = 4,888) Saudis. They were students in secondary schools ( n = 4,793) and university undergraduates ( n = 4,238) recruited from scattered geographical regions of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Ages ranged from 15 to 26 years, mean age 19.5 yr. ( SD = 2.8). The scale displayed good alphas (from .85 to .88), retest reliability (from .94 to .95), as well as good criterion-related validity (from .63 to .73) against the Trait subscale of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory. Three highly loaded factors were extracted: Cognitive/Affective, Subjective, and Somatic anxiety. Sex differences overshadow age differences as sex-related differences were significant between the age groups from 16 to 25 years, i.e., females attained higher mean scores than their male peers. Saudi students attained means similar to those of Kuwaiti students, but both groups have significantly higher mean scores than American and Spanish college students. By and large, the scale can be recommended for use in research among students in the Saudi context.

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: Psychometric Properties

2000 ◽  
Vol 87 (2) ◽  
pp. 478-492 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed M. Abdel-Khalek
Keyword(s):  
Discriminant Validity ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
General Factor ◽  
Factor Analyses ◽  
English Version ◽  
Kuwait University ◽  
Male Adolescents ◽  
Good Internal Consistency ◽  
Arabic And English

This study was undertaken to construct the Kuwait University Anxiety Scale in two comparable Arabic and English versions. The intent was to provide a research tool as well as a measure of predisposition to develop anxiety in general among adults and adolescents. The scale is comprised by 20 brief statements answered on a 4-point intensity scale, anchored by 1: Rarely and 4: Always. Factor analysis yielded three high-loaded factors of Cognitive/Affective, Behavioral/Subjective, and Somatic Anxiety, with moderate interfactor correlations. Item-remainder correlations ranged from .27 to .74. Reliabilities ranged from .88 to .92 (alpha) and between .70 and .93 (test-retest), denoting good internal consistency and stability. Criterion-related validity of the scale ranged between .70 and .88 (5 criteria), while the loadings of the scale on a general factor of anxiety were .93 and .95 in two factor analyses, demonstrating the scale's criterion-related and factorial validity. Discriminant validity of the scale was demonstrated. The scale correlated .65 with scores on the Beck Depression scale. Male adolescents attained a higher mean score than male undergraduates. Females have significantly higher mean scores than their male counterparts. Kuwaiti norms ( N = 4,660) were reported. An English version of the scale is available.

scholarly journals Psychometric Properties of the Big Five Questionnaire for Children in a Sample of Kuwaiti University Undergraduates

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 379
Author(s):  
Bader M. Al Ansari ◽  
Talal B. Al Ali
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Criterion Validity ◽  
Principle Components Analysis ◽  
High Internal Consistency ◽  
Components Analysis ◽  
Test Retest Reliability ◽  
University Undergraduates ◽  
University Undergraduate Students

This study aimed to examine: (1) the internal consistency and the test-retest reliability of the Big Five Questionnaire for Children (BFQ-C) developed by Barbaranelli et al., (2003); (2) its five factor structure and (3) the criterion validity of the BFQ-C. The sample consisted of 745 Kuwaiti university undergraduate students (333 males, 412 females). Their age average was (M= 19.58  (SD = 1.12)). The results showed that Cronbach alpha's indicated high internal consistency. Principle components analysis showed that most of the items loaded convincingly on to their factors. The criterion validity of the BFQ-C was acceptable to high. It was concluded that the Arabic version of the BFQ-C could be used successfully with Kuwaiti university undergraduate students.

Psychometric Parameters of the Spanish Version of the Kuwait University Anxiety Scale (S-KUAS)1

2004 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 349-357 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed M. Abdel-Khalek ◽  
Joaquin Tomás-Sabádo ◽  
Juana Gómez-Benito
Keyword(s):  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
Spanish Version ◽  
Good Reliability ◽  
Kuwait University ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
Anxiety Levels ◽  
Arabic And English ◽  
Cross Language ◽  
Language Equivalence

Summary: To construct a Spanish version of the Kuwait University Anxiety Scale (S-KUAS), the Arabic and English versions of the KUAS have been separately translated into Spanish. To check the comparability in terms of meaning, the two Spanish preliminary translations were thoroughly scrutinized vis-à-vis both the Arabic and English forms by several experts. Bilingual subjects served to explore the cross-language equivalence of the English and Spanish versions of the KUAS. The correlation between the total scores on both versions was .93, and the t value was .30 (n.s.), denoting good similarity. The Alphas and 4-week test-retest reliabilities were greater than .84, while the criterion-related validity was .70 against scores on the trait subscale of the STAI. These findings denote good reliability and validity of the S-KUAS. Factor analysis yielded three high-loaded factors of Behavioral/Subjective, Cognitive/Affective, and Somatic Anxiety, equivalent to the original Arabic version. Female (n = 210) undergraduates attained significantly higher mean scores than their male (n = 102) counterparts. For the combined group of males and females, the correlation between the total score on the S-KUAS and age was -.17 (p < .01). By and large, the findings of the present study provide evidence of the utility of the S-KUAS in assessing trait anxiety levels in the Spanish undergraduate context.

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