title: The Kuwait University Anxiety Scale: reliability and criterion-related validity in Syrian college students.
abstract: The Kuwait University Anxiety Scale was administered to 51 male and 56 female undergraduates in Syria. Respectively, the coefficients alpha for men, women, and the whole group were .91, .92, and .92; the test-retest rs after 14 to 21 days .88, .81, and .84; and the criterion-related validities .64, .62, and .64 against scores on Spielberger, et al.'s Trait Anxiety scale.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, College of Social Sciences, Kuwait University, Kaifan.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Abdel-Khalek
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rudwan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology; D013593:Syria