Impulsivity Through the Triguna Lens: A Correlational Study in Modern Contexts

The whole universe is made up of three aspects: Sattva, Rajas,Tamas. These gunas are called trigunas. According to the Sankhya philosophy sattva refers to light, awareness. Rajas refer to movement and Tamas means heaviness, stillness, Laziness. Triguna theory is Indian theory of personality and this theory was propounded thousands of years ago in Bhagvad Gita covering major concepts of psychology like perception, Motivation and emotion (Yadav et.al., 2016). Indian psychology has defined personality with the help of Triguna theory or three gunas(Singh,2008).Objective of our study is to find out the correlation between the triguna and impulsiveness among college students. Sample consists of 80 people (40 male and 40 female) by convenience sampling method. The questionnaire used for the study are The Vedic Personality Inventory developed by Dr David wolf, is the most validated psychological assessment tool for trigunas and the impulsiveness scale developed by Dr S.N Rai, Dr Alka Sharma. Findings of the study are 1) Sattvic Personality has negative correlation with impulsivity 2) Rajsic personality has high correlation with impulsivity 3) Tamsic personality has correlation with impulsivity. This study is important for understanding nature, and it helps the individual to focus on their gunas to achieve their goals in their personal life.