title: Obsession-compulsion in college students in the United States and Kuwait.
abstract: American (n = 132) and Kuwaiti (n = 204) undergraduates responded to the Arabic Obsessive-Compulsive Scale in English and Arabic languages, respectively. Students in Kuwait scored as more obsessive-compulsive than their American counterparts.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Kuwait University, Keifan, Kuwait.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Abdel-Khalek
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lester
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007730:Kuwait / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014495:Universities