Wealth is associated with lower anxiety in a sample of Lebanese students.
A sample of 160 Lebanese students in the American University at Beirut (a relatively wealthy sample) had a significantly lower mean score on the Kuwait University Anxiety Scale than a sample of 639 Lebanese students in the Lebanese University (a less wealthy sample). Sex differences in anxiety scores were not significant in the first sample, but were in the second.
Abdel-Khalek
Ahmed M
AM
Department of Psychology, College of Social Sciences, Kuwait University, P.O. Box 68168, Kaifan. ahmedkuniv@hotmail.com
El-Yahfoufi
Najwa
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007861:Lebanon; D008297:Male; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires