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Swadhyaya Scale: An Indian Perspective

Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India Google Scholar More about the auther

Pooja Sahni

Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India Google Scholar More about the auther

DIP: 18.01.096/20160401

DOI: 10.25215/0401.096

ABSTRACT

Aim of the present paper was to develop a test on Swadhyaya (Self-study) defined in Indian philosophical and religious scriptures. The study was conducted in two phases; 150 participants (M =133 and F= 17) with age range=17-54 yrs. (M = 21.43 yrs., & SD= 6.79) in the pilot study and 491 participants (Male= 310 & Female =181) with 18 – 70 years age range (M=32.16 yrs. & SD= 10.92) in the main study. Three factors solution was finalized through exploratory factor analysis; Study of Scriptures, Self-introspection and Self-discipline with 55.74 % of total variance. Scale of Positive and Negative Experiences and Flourishing Scale (SPANE & FS,Diener et. al., 2010) and Sukha- Dukha scale (Singh, Raina and Sahni, 2016) were used to establish concurrent validity. The scale was found psychometrically robust with high internal consistency (α=0.79) and acceptable concurrent validity as significant positive correlations of Swadhyaya and its factors with Sukha, SPANE-P and FS were obtained.

Keywords

Swadhyaya, Sukha-Dukha, Positive & Negative Experiences, Flourishing

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K Singh, P Sahni (2016), Swadhyaya Scale: An Indian Perspective, International Journal of Indian Psychology, Volume 4, (1),DIP:18.01.096/20160304,DOI: 10.25215/0401.096