Development of Mysore Triguna Scale–Short

By : Shilpa Datar, C.G. Venkatesha Murthy

Page No: 311-318

Abstract
The authors have developed the Mysore Triguna Psychological Personality Assessment Scale and published it in 2012. This scale assesses the Trigunas, namely Sattva, Rajas and Tamas and their combinations in people. This scale is being used to assess and understand personality in different areas. The authors are not from the domain of Ayurveda or Philosophy but are from the domain of Psychology. There are some constructs that are not amenable for psychological testing which have been ignored in the original scale. The original scale had 63 MCQ type of questions. Since it is long, and is online, there was a need to develop a shorter version of the scale for limited use and for application in research areas where online use may not be possible. Hence a shorter version of the original scale was developed with just 15 MCQ type of questions selected from the original 51 questions through rigorous empirical and statistical analysis. The present paper describes the methodology and the results of the same.

Authors :
Shilpa Datar : Swayam Personality Assessment, Bangalore. 
C.G. Venkatesha Murthy : Professor – Department of Education, Regional Institute of Education (NCERT), Manasagangotri, Mysore—570 006.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32381/JPR.2019.14.02.8