Relations among religiosity, health, happiness, and anxiety for Kuwaiti adolescents.
Author: Baroun KA.
Source:
Psychological reports, 99(3), 717-722.
The present study investigated correlations among religiosity, health, happiness,
and anxiety for 941 Kuwaiti adolescents. A convenience sample of male (n=408) and
female (n=533) students (M age = 16.5, SD = 1.2 yr.) was randomly selected from
secondary school students of different districts of the State of Kuwait. The
Intrinsic Religious Motivation scale, the Kuwait University Anxiety Scale, and
six self-rating scales assessing religiosity, strength of religious belief,
physical health, mental health, happiness, and life satisfaction were applied to
assess correlations among Kuwaiti adolescents. Analysis showed boys had
significantly higher mean scores than girls on all measures except anxiety, on
which girls scored significantly higher than boys. There also were significant
and positive correlations among the variables, except for anxiety, which was
significant and negative.