Astrological Signs and Personality in Kuwaitis and Americans.

Samples of Kuwaiti (N = 460) and American (N = 273) undergraduates responded to six personality questionnaires to assess optimism, pessimism, suicidal ideation, ego-grasping, death anxiety, general anxiety, and obssessive-compulsiveness. Each participant was assigned to the astrological sign associa...

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Published in:Psychological Reports Vol. 98; no. 2; pp. 602 - 608
Main Authors: Abdel-Khalek, Ahmed, Lester, David
Format: Article
Published: Ammons Scientific, Ltd. April 2006
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Summary:Samples of Kuwaiti (N = 460) and American (N = 273) undergraduates responded to six personality questionnaires to assess optimism, pessimism, suicidal ideation, ego-grasping, death anxiety, general anxiety, and obssessive-compulsiveness. Each participant was assigned to the astrological sign associated with date of birth. One-way analyses of variance yielded nonsignificant F ratios for all the seven scales in both Kuwaiti and American samples, except for anxiety scores among Americans. It was concluded that there was little support for an association between astrological sun signs and scores on the present personality scales. Reprinted by permission of the publisher.