Abdel-Khalek Ahmed M, Lester David
Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Kuwait University, Kaifan, Kuwait.
Psychol Rep. 2009 Oct;105(2):409-10. doi: 10.2466/PR0.105.2.409-410.
Two undergraduate samples from Kuwait (52 men, 157 women; M age = 21.2 yr., SD =2.1) and the USA (46 men, 145 women; M age = 22.4 yr., SD = 5.3) answered the Somatic Symptoms Inventory, the Arabic Scale of Death Anxiety, and the Collett-Lester Fear of Death Scale. The Kuwaiti sample obtained significantly higher mean scores on all the scales than the American sample. Scores on the Somatic Symptoms Inventory were positively correlated with Death Anxiety scores, indicating that people who enjoy good physical health are less concerned with death.
来自科威特的两个本科生样本（52名男性，157名女性；平均年龄=21.2岁，标准差=2.1）和美国的样本（46名男性，145名女性；平均年龄=22.4岁，标准差=5.3）回答了躯体症状量表、阿拉伯死亡焦虑量表和科利特-莱斯特死亡恐惧量表。科威特样本在所有量表上的平均得分显著高于美国样本。躯体症状量表的得分与死亡焦虑得分呈正相关，表明身体健康的人对死亡的担忧较少。
