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The Arabic Scale of Death Anxiety

Some Results from East and West

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ID13628334
AuthorsAhmed M Abdel-Khalek (0000-0001-9463-1388, Kuwait University, corresponding author), D Lester (0000-0003-1357-8672, The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Pomona), John Maltby (0000-0002-0621-9359, University of Leicester), Joaquín Tomás‐Sábado (0000-0002-7156-7843, Universitat Autonòma de Barcelona), JOAQUIN TOMAS-SABADO (Escola Universitària d'Infermeria Gimbernat, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain)
Year2009
Volume59
Issue1
Pages39-50
Publication date2009-05-16
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueOMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2190/om.59.1.c
PMID19634505
OpenAlexW2085004634
LanguageEN
Citations received19
References cited39

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

Arabic · Geography · Middle East · Per capita · Political science · Population · Scale (ratio · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion · Demography · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Law · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology

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