title: Cross-cultural differences on Gunas and other well-being dimensions.
abstract: Indian perspective of human nature and personality are often viewed through a trigunas perspective-Sattva, Rajas and Tamas. The current study investigated the triadic gunas and well-being dimensions across 3 nations India (n=493; 194 males and 299 females; mean age=21.73 years, SD=3.23), USA (n=302; 80 males and 222 females; mean age=22.90years, SD=2.78) and Czech Republic (n=353; 67 males and 286 females; mean age=22.29years, SD=2.29) with a total of 1148 participants. Triguna Personality (Vedic Personality inventory) and well- being dimensions measured by Mental Health Continuum- Short Form, Flourishing scale and the Scale of Positive and Negative Experiences (MHC-SF, FS and SPANE) differed across countries. Triguna were correlated with MHC-SF and its clusters, FS and SPANE. Regression analysis revealed that Trigunas accounted significantly for well-being dimensions, for instance, Sattva accounted for 48% variance in Czechs, 56% in Indians and 55% in Americans, Rajas accounted for 21% variance in Czechs, 08% in Indians and 54% in Americans and Tamas accounted for 50% variance in Czechs, 20% in Indians and 64% in Americans. The results reinforce that trigunas personality significantly predict well-being dimensions.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India. Electronic address: singhk.iitd@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Kamlesh
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Anjali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jain
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Jasleen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kaur
authors.affiliation: Amity Institute of Psychology and Allied Sciences, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida, India.
authors.forename: Mohita
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Junnarkar
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University, Bruno, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Alena
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Slezackova
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D018153:Czech Republic / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000208:ethnology; D008297:Male; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D010551:Personality / Q000502:physiology*; D014481:United States / Q000208:ethnology; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Cross-cultural; Mental health; Rajas; Sattva; Tamas