Table 1.

Characteristics of the study samples.

Country	Language	Cultural area	n	Studies	Females†	Age‡
Brazil	Portuguese	South America	456	Various disciplines	282 (61.8%)	23.43 (5.61)
Chile	Spanish	South America	274	Psychology	187 (69.7%)	20.53 (3.50)
Greece	Greek	Mediterranean	359	Various disciplines	331 (92.2%)	20.42 (2.23)
Spain	Spanish	Mediterranean	570	Health careers	354 (62.1%)	21.87 (3.83)
United Kingdom	English	Anglospere	362	Various disciplines	340 (93.9%)	19.98 (2.04)
United States	English	Anglospere	356	Psychology	244 (68.5%)	18.65 (2.78)
Iran	Farsi	Islamics	238	Various disciplines	113 (47.5%)	21.55 (2.35)
Saudi Arabia	Arabic	Islamics	373	Various disciplines	180 (48.3%)	19.96 (0.70)
Egypt	Arabic	Islamics	272	Education	144 (52.9%)	19.79 (0.73)
Korea	Korean	Far East	313	Various disciplines	159 (50.8%)	24.62 (1.95)
Japan	Japanese	Far East	551	Communication	392 (71.2%)	19.92 (2.65)

^†Frequencies (percentages). ^‡Means (SDs).