Religiosity and death anxiety: No association in Kuwait

Psychological Reports

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 770-772

  Abdel Khalek, Ahmed ^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

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KUWAIT; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIGION; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISLAM; KUWAIT; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; RELIGION; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349586725     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PR0.104.3.770-772     Document Type: Article

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