A sample of 243 (114 men, 129 women) British university undergraduates responded to the Kuwait University Anxiety Scale in English. Their scores were compared with scores for 207 German, 312 Spanish, and 320 USA students previously tested. Analysis showed German men had the lowest mean score across the male groups, as did German women across the female groups. Women from the USA had the highest mean anxiety score. Sex differences for scores on the scale were significant only in the samples from Spain and the USA, with women scoring higher than men.
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