Death obsession in Kuwaiti and American college students

Death Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 541-553

  Abdel Khalek, Ahmed M ^a   Lester, David ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b RICHARD STOCKTON COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEATH; FEMALE; HUMAN; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSESSION; PSYCHOMETRY; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEAR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DEATH; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; KUWAIT; MALE; OBSESSIVE BEHAVIOR; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038408881     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07481180302881     Document Type: Article

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