Development and validation of Vikaras Hindi Scale
The present research imports the concept of Vikaras (vices) from the philosophy of Vedanta. Vedic Philosophy plays a central role in Indian Psychology. However, there is a major disconnect between theory and empirical research due to scarcity of tools for measuring the same. The present study aims t...
| Published in: | Mental health, religion & culture |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis
2016
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Mental health, religion & culture
Year: 2016, Volume: 19, Issue: 5, Pages: 420-432 |
| Further subjects: | B
test construction
B Vikaras / vices B Mental Health B Culture |
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| Summary: | The present research imports the concept of Vikaras (vices) from the philosophy of Vedanta. Vedic Philosophy plays a central role in Indian Psychology. However, there is a major disconnect between theory and empirical research due to scarcity of tools for measuring the same. The present study aims to develop and validate a scale on Vikaras (vices). A total of 86 items were pooled to develop the scale. Data were collected in two phases from a sample of 555 participants belonging to Delhi and national capital region in India. A seven-factor solution with 36 items, explaining 51.08% of variance was obtained through exploratory factor analysis. Overall reliability of the scale was found to be excellent (α = .88) and the concurrent validity of the scale was satisfactory as correlations were found to be −.31 and −.39 (P < .01) for Scale of Positive and Negative Experience (SPANE)-P and SPANE-B, respectively, and .38 (P < .01) for SPANE-N. It was found that all items of the newly developed scale constituted a valid and reliable measure of Vikaras (vices). |
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| ISSN: | 1469-9737 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Mental health, religion & culture
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/13674676.2016.1189891 |