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Article: Researchers from Kuwait University provide details of new studies and findings in the area of psychology.
- Article from:
- Psychology & Psychiatry Journal
- Article date:
- July 18, 2009
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"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," scientists in Kuwait report.
"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," wrote A.M. Abdelkhalek and colleagues, Kuwait University.
The researchers concluded: "Sex differences for scores on the scale were significant only in the samples from Spain and the USA, with women scoring ...