Table 4: Mean scores of the IU Subscales (N = 284).

IU Subscales Country Total mean Total level Mean Rank Mann-Whitney U Test P-value
(2-tailed)
Saudi Arabia Egypt
Saudi Arabia Egypt
(n = 158) (n = 126)
Mean ± SD Mean ± SD
Uncertainty has negative behavioral and self-referential implications 2.7207 ±
0.73208		 3.2683 ± 0.84985 2.9636 Moderate 121.70 168.58 6667.5 0.000**
Uncertainty is unfair and spoils everything 3.1762 ±
0.73170		 3.5853 ± 0.79236 3.3577 Moderate 125.74 163.51 7306.5 0.000**
Mean of Total IU scale 2.9231 ± 0.68217 3.4092 ± 0.79753 3.1388 Moderate 123.61 166.19 6969.0 0.000**

** significant at the .01 level (2-tailed).
Low IU: 1.00 to less than 2.33, Moderate IU: 2.33 to less than 3.66, High IU: 3.66 to 5.00