Eating Habits in an Indian Philosophical Perspective

Triveni S; Sona Roy; Sreedevi N; Vidhya U; Kshama Jain N D; Ashwini Shetty

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Eating Habits in an Indian Philosophical Perspective

Triveni S

Student, 2nd year, Masters in Clinical and Counselling Psychology, SDM College, Ujire, Affiliated to Mangalore University, Karnataka, India. Google Scholar More about the auther

, Sona Roy

Student, 2nd year, Masters in Clinical and Counselling Psychology, SDM College, Ujire, Affiliated to Mangalore University, Karnataka, India. Google Scholar More about the auther

, Sreedevi N

Student, 2nd year, Masters in Clinical and Counselling Psychology, SDM College, Ujire, Affiliated to Mangalore University, Karnataka, India. Google Scholar More about the auther

, Vidhya U

Student, 2nd year, Masters in Clinical and Counselling Psychology, SDM College, Ujire, Affiliated to Mangalore University, Karnataka, India. Google Scholar More about the auther

, Kshama Jain N D

Student, 2nd year, Masters in Clinical and Counselling Psychology, SDM College, Ujire, Affiliated to Mangalore University, Karnataka, India. Google Scholar More about the auther

, Ashwini Shetty

Assistant Professor, Department of Postgraduate Studies and research in Psychology, SDMC, Ujire, Affiliated to Mangalore University, Karnataka, India. Google Scholar More about the auther

DIP: 18.01.043.20221003

DOI: 10.25215/1003.043

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study was to find the difference in eating behaviour and gender on Personality and relation between eating behaviour and gender in the personality of the individuals. The data was collected from 50 individuals (23 Females & 27 Males) among them, 22 are vegetarians and 28 are non-vegetarians aged from 18 to 30 and hailing from different socio-economic status using purposive sampling technique using the Vedic personality inventory. The obtained data was analysed using independent samples t-test and Pearson’s product moment correlation. As a result, the findings of this study reveal that, there is no significant difference in personality among males & females, There is no significant difference in personality among Vegetarians & Non-Vegetarians, There is no significant relation between eating behavior and personality of individuals and There is no significant relation between Gender and personality types of individuals. According to the results of the group the males have sattvic guna as dominant and among females rajo guna and tamasic guna are dominant.

Keywords

Eating Behaviour, Gender, Personality, Tri-Gunas

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How to cite this article: Triveni, S., Roy, S., Sreedevi, N., Vidhya, U., Kshama Jain, N. D. & Shetty, A. (2022). Eating Habits in an Indian Philosophical Perspective. International Journal of Indian Psychology, 10(3), 446-458. DIP:18.01.043.20221003, DOI:10.25‌215/1003‌.‌043