The comparison of predictors of death obsession within two cultures.
The objective of the study was to compare various predictors of death obsession (i.e., anxiety, optimism, pessimism), and self-ratings of religiosity, physical health, mental health, happiness, and satisfaction with life, among 2 samples of college students recruited from two different cultures: Kuwait (n = 271) and United Kingdom (n = 205). The findings suggest that anxiety, among both samples, pessimism among the Kuwait sample, and (un) happiness among the U.K. sample, might provide a good theoretical and empirical context with which to better understand the causes and consequences of death obsession.
Department of Psychology, College of Arts, Kuwait.
Ahmed M
AM
Abdel-Khalek
John
J
Maltby
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001293:Attitude to Death / Q000208:ethnology*; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003643:Death; D006801:Humans; D007730:Kuwait; D009770:Obsessive Behavior / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D006113:United Kingdom; D014495:Universities