title: Obsession-compulsion and its relation to age and sex in Kuwaiti and American students.
abstract: To estimate the correlation between scores on obsession-compulsion and both age and sex, two studies were carried out with Kuwaiti (n1=87, n2=460), and American (n1=73, n2=273) undergraduates. The Arabic Obsessive-Compulsive Scale was used in both studies. Significant correlations were found for the Kuwaiti sample; however, these correlations were of low magnitude and have no practical value.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, College of Social Sciences, Kuwait University, Kaifan.
authors.forename: Ahmed
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Abdel-Khalek
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lester
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007730:Kuwait; D008297:Male; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology*; D017678:Sex Distribution; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States