التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
SELF-REPORTED RELIGIOSITY IN KUWAITI AND AMERICAN COLLEGE STUDENTS. |
| المؤلفون: |
ABDEL-KHALEK, AHMED M.1 aabdel-khalek@hotmail.com, LESTER, DAVID2 |
| المصدر: |
Psychological Reports. Jun2015, Vol. 116 Issue 3, p986-989. 4p. |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
RELIGIOUSNESS, RELIGIOUS life of college students, RELIGION, LIFE, EPIDEMIOLOGY, SURVEYS |
| مستخلص: |
In previous research, Kuwaiti students obtained higher scores than American students on a religiosity scale. For the present study, the self-reported religiosity of Kuwaiti and American students was assessed using a single item. The respondents were 154 Kuwaiti students ( M age = 20.8 yr., SD = 2.4) and 154 American college students ( M age = 21.8 yr., SD = 5.0; 82% women in both samples). The Kuwaiti students responded in Arabic and the American students in English to the question: "What is your level of religiosity in general?" using an 11-point Likert format anchored by 0 and 10. The high score indicates high religiosity. The Kuwaiti students obtained a signifi cantly higher mean score for religiosity than did their American counterparts (6.5 vs 4.5), indicating that religiosity is more important in the lives of the present sample of Kuwaiti students than in their American counterparts. A singleitem self-rating scale may be useful in brief surveys such as epidemiological studies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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