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A1 Alzahrani, Saif Abadi. A2 Alzahrani, Ahmed H A2 Alghamdi, Mazen Ayed A2 Alzahrani, Mohammed A2 Alharthi, Faisal A2 Alzahrani, Riyan A2 Alzahrani, Ali AB Background: Anxiety is considered one of the most common psychological disorders. And its symptoms include nervousness, fear, panic, and apprehension. Objective: To determine the general prevalence of anxiety symptoms among high school boys in south Jeddah. Methods: A cross sectional study targeting high school students in south Jeddah using a translated reliable self-administered questionnaire. Results: A total of (358) students have participated in the study. The participants were asked about their feelings in the last two weeks, and the responses were as follow; 41.2% have never felt anxious or irritable, while 7% had the feeling nearly every day. 57.7% have never been bothered by not being able to control their anxiety, and 5.2% could not control it. 47.6% had not worried too much while 9.2% worried every day. 54.9% had no trouble relaxing, and 7.6% of the students were not able to relax. Conclusion: Our study addresses a relatively high prevalence of anxiety symptoms among high school boys in south Jeddah, ranging from 5.2% to 13.2% for some symptoms. (Published Abstract) http://search.shamaa.org/abstract_en.gif ID 127090 OP pp. 136-143 T1 Anxiety among high school boys in south Jeddah, Saudi Arabia [Article] UL 1 http://search.shamaa.org/fulltext.gif https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XNAsRD7H70z4qR-oPKbxmUfrw6cB8pXs/view Full text (PDF)