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Project No. 124 (1997)The Prevalence of Fear among Secondary and Tertiary School Students in AlAin, UAEStudent Authors: Nisreen Ali MohammedFaculty Supervisors: Dr. M. Hossain, Dr. A. Bener, Dr. J. BrebnerAbstract:Objectives To estimate the prevalence if fear among secondary and tertiary schoolstudents in Al Ain and to examine the relationship between fear level and selectedvariables.Methods A cross sectional study among secondary and tertiary students in Al Ain. Thepopulation was designed to collect socio-demographic data with relating to familyrelationships. Fear level was estimated by using a modified Loisville fear surveyquestionnaire utilizing a multi-stage stratified sampling technique. The students fromthe surveyed schools completed a total of 340 questionnaires, the total responses was85%.Results The prevalence of fear was significantly associated with gender, femalesshowed to have higher mean score than males (males mean rank was 107.85 andfemales was 216.31). Furthermore, fear was highly associated with parent’s maritalstatus (p=0.014) with whom the student is living (p=0.017), house type (p