Personality Types in Ayurveda

The authors have developed a personality scale to assess Tridoshas i.e. Vata, Pitta, and Kapha from psychological perspective in human beings. The Tridoshas are composed of the Pancha Mahabhutas, but one or the other Dosha is dominant singularly or in combination. There can never be a state when one or the other Pancha Mahabhutas and consequently the Tridoshas are absent totally. All five are essential to sustain life. Vata Dosha is composed of Akasa and Vayu Mahabhuta. Pitta Dosha is composed of Tejas or Agni and Ap Mahabhuta. Kapha Dosha is composed of Ap and Prithvi Mahabhuta. Although Tridosha is studied, understood, and applied in Ayurveda, the present authors have tried to validate the same from the domain of psychology. Since the authors are not from the domain of Ayurveda but of Psychology, there are some constructs that are not amenable for psychological testing which have been ignored. Only those constructs that can be used by psychologists to assess the psychological aspects of the Dosha Prakriti have been used to build items for the assessment of personality. In this process, the psychometric properties of the scale are established. The scale assesses the psychological manifestation of the Tridoshas, which was the basic objective. The standardization procedure involved in the development of the Mysore Psychological Tridosha Scale is herewith delineated.

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“…They also study the dominance of the Tridoshas in ill health and give suggestions for their treatments. [21–23]…”

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Development and standardization of Mysore Tridosha scale

Shilpa

Murthy

2011

Ayu

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“…[202122] The results obtained from the administration of ACPI on parents of 60 children showed 136 items that had a coefficient less than 0.9 (answered yes by the most) and more than 0.3 (answered yes by the least number of subjects) were retained.…”

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“…[17181920] A study comparing the Ayurveda personality concepts and western psychology concepts is available. [2122] Ayurveda tridoṣa theory and four elements of Buddhist medicine, Chinese humorolgy has been compared. [2324] Importance of prakṛti in ageing has been discussed.…”

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A self-rating scale to measure tridos_.as in children

Sp¹,

Hr²

2013

Ancient Sci Life

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Background:Self – rating inventories to assess the Prakṛti (constitution) and personality have been developed and validated for adults. To analyze the effect of personality development programs on Prakṛti of the children, standardized scale is not available. Hence, present study was carried out to develop and standardize Caraka Child Personality inventory (CCPI).Materials and Methods:The 77- item CCPI scale was developed on the basis of translation of Sanskrit verses describing vātaja (a), pittaja (b) and kaphaja prakṛti (c) characteristics described in Ayurveda texts and by taking the opinions of 5 Ayurveda experts and psychologists. The scale was administered on children of the age group 8-12 years in New Generation National public school, Bangalore.Results:This inventory was named CCPI and showed excellent internal consistency. The Cronbach's alpha for A, B and C scales were 0.54, 0.64 and 0.64 respectively. The Split - Half reliability scores for A, B and C subscales were 0.64. 0.60 and 0.66 respectively. Factor validity coefficient Scores on each item was above 0.4. Scores on vātaja, pittaja and kaphaja scales were inversely correlated. Test-retest reliability scores for A,B and C scales were 0.87,0.88 and 0.89 respectively. The result of CCPI was compared with a parent rating scale Ayurveda Child Personality Inventory (ACPI). Subscales of CCPI correlated significantly highly (above 0.80) with subscales of ACPI which was done for the purpose of cross-validation with respect to ACPI.Conclusions:The prakṛti of the children can be measured consistently by this scale. Correlations with ACPI pointed toward concurrent validity.

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“…A study comparing the Ayurveda personality concepts and Western psychology concepts is available. [ 18 ] However, a simple and standardized instrument to assess the prakriti of children according to Ayurvedic comprehensive concepts is not available. Hence, the present investigation was carried out to develop Ayurveda child Personality inventory (ACPI).…”

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Development and initial standardization of Ayurveda child personality inventory

S¹,

Jagan²,

Hr³

2014

J Ayurveda Integr Med

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Background:Ayurveda inventories for prakriti (constitution) have been developed and validated for adults. Children, however, require different categories of quarter and questions, for example, to assess the intelligence, the questions can be related to their scholastic performances.Objective:To develop and standardize an inventory to assess the prakriti of the children, and to compare with Child Personality Questionnaire (CPQ).Materials and Methods:A 135-item Ayurveda child personality inventory (ACPI) scale was developed on the basis of translation of Sanskrit verses describing vataja (A), pittaja (B), and kaphaja prakriti (C) characteristics and by taking the opinions of experts (ten Ayurveda experts and three psychologists). Study was carried out in Maxwell public school, Bangalore. The scale was administered on parents of children of the age group 6-12 years. CPQ was administered on children of the age group 8-12 years.Results:The ACPI was associated with excellent internal consistency. The Cronbach's alpha for A, B, and C scales were 0.77, 0.55, and 0.84, respectively, and the Split-half reliability scores were 0.66.0.39 and 0.84, respectively. Factor validity coefficient scores on each items was above 0.5. Scores on vataja, pittaja and kaphaja scales were inversely correlated. Items of V, P, and K scales showed significant correlation (values ranging from 0.39 to 0.84) with subscales of CPQ, which indicates that Eastern and Western psychology concept have good correspondence.Conclusions:The prakrti of the children can be measured consistently by this instrument. Scores on V and P scale showed good correlation with the anxiety primary scale of CPQ.

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Personality Types in Ayurveda

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Development and initial standardization of Ayurveda child personality inventory

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