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Development and initial standardization of Ayurveda child personality inventory.

ABSTRACT:

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.

SUBMITTER: Suchitra SP

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4296431 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Oct-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Development and initial standardization of Ayurveda child personality inventory.

Suchitra S P SP Jagan Arati A Nagendra H R HR

Journal of Ayurveda and integrative medicine 20141001 4

<h4>Background</h4>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.<h4>Objective</h4>To develop and standardize an inventory to assess the prakriti of the children, and to compare with Child Personality Questionnaire (CPQ).<h4>Materials and methods</h4>A 135-item Ayurveda chi ...[more]

PMID: 25624693

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Development and initial standardization of Ayurveda child personality inventory.

Background

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Materials and methods

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Development and initial standardization of Ayurveda child personality inventory.

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