The Arabic scale of death anxiety: Some results from East and West

Omega: Journal of Death and Dying

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 39-50

  Abdel Khalek, Ahmed ^a   Lester, David ^b   Maltby, John ^c   Tomás Sábado, Joaquin ^d  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARAB; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CULTURAL FACTOR; EGYPT; ETHNOLOGY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; KUWAIT; LEBANON; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX RATIO; SPAIN; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARABS; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EGYPT; FEAR; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; KUWAIT; LEBANON; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPAIN; SYRIA; TEST ANXIETY SCALE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349326716     PISSN: 00302228     EISSN: 15413764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/OM.59.1.c     Document Type: Article

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