RT Article
T1 Hope, Spirituality, Optimism, Pessimism, and Anxiety: A Kuwaiti-American Comparison
JF Research in the social scientific study of religion
VO 21
SP 137
OP 160
A1 Abdel-Khalek, Ahmed
A1 Scioli, Anthony
A2 Scioli, Anthony
LA English
YR 2010
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1839948779
AB abdel-Khalek’s arabic Scale of optimism and pessimism and Kuwait university anxiety Scale were translated into english. Scioli’s (2007) multidimensional trait hope scale was translated into arabic. results obtained from 211 american and Kuwaiti young adults confirmed the applicability of the Scioli Hope scale in an arabic sample while re-confirming the value of the abdel-Khalek scales for english samples. Greater optimism and overall hope was reported by Kuwaitis as compared to americans. while Kuwaitis reported greater spiritualized hope, american reported greater non-spiritualized hope. For Kuwaitis, but not americans, greater spiritualized hope was associated with less pessimism and anxiety. For Kuwaitis and americans, hope derived from spiritual integrity was the strongest correlate of greater optimism as well as lower pessimism and anxiety.
K1 Angewandte Sozialwissenschaften
K1 Religion & Gesellschaft
K1 Sozialwissenschaften
DO 10.1163/9789004216464_008