title: A Taoist orientation and mental health in Kuwaiti and American students.
abstract: In two studies of American and Kuwait students, scores on a measure of having a Taoist orientation were associated with less psychopathology on measures of anxiety, death anxiety, existential anxiety, optimism-pessimism, suicidality, and obsessive-compulsiveness.
authors.affiliation: Psychology Program, The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, P.O. Box 195, Jimmie Leeds Road, Pomona, NJ 08240-0195, USA.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lester
authors.forename: Ahmed
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Abdel-Khalek
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D001293:Attitude to Death / Q000208:ethnology; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005086:Existentialism / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007730:Kuwait / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012072:Religious Philosophies / Q000523:psychology*; D012737:Sex Factors; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology