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...
| Publicado en: | Psychological Reports Vol. 98; no. 2; pp. 602 - 608 |
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Ammons Scientific, Ltd.
April 2006
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