title: Sibship size, birth order, and personality among Kuwaiti college students.
abstract: In a sample of 460 (103 men, 357 women) Kuwaiti college students (M age=21.9 yr., SD=3.0), scores on the Arabic Scale of Optimism and Pessimism, the Death Obsession Scale, the Arabic Scale of Obsession-Compulsion, the Kuwait University Anxiety Scale, the Taoist Orientation Scale, and the Suicidal Ideation Scale were not associated with sibship size and birth order.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, College of Social Sciences, Kuwait University, P.O. Box 68168 Kaifan. ahmedkuniv@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Ahmed M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Abdel-Khalek
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lester
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001722:Birth Order; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007730:Kuwait / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D010551:Personality; D035781:Siblings; D013334:Students / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014495:Universities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*