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Academic adjustment and gratitude in college students: a first-hand evidence from a psychological perspective
(Routledge, 2023) Choubisa, Rajneesh
Gratitude is defined as a sense of abundance, the appreciation of little things in life, and the appreciation of what others have done for us. Studies related to gratitude are predominantly related to well-being, happiness, and life satisfaction. A sense of gratitude is helpful for college students in multiple ways, particularly in their academic life, through appreciation from their teachers and friends. However, the mechanism which explains whether academic adjustment leads to the development of gratitude or vice-versa is empirically undiscovered. We attempt to unlock the potential of developing the virtue of gratitude and academic adjustment to see how they influence each other. With the help of the Gratitude Questionnaire-6 (GQ-6) and College Adjustment Scale, we collected data from various college students (N = 83). Results utilizing a correlational research design highlight that gratitude helps in academic adjustment or that attaining academic adjustment leads to the development of gratitude among college students. Implications from this research can help implement meaningful interventions that can potentially enhance academic achievement, gratitude, or both depending upon their operational dynamics.
Are virtues national, supranational, or universal?
(Springer, 2014-05) Choubisa, Rajneesh
Many studies investigated cultural differences in values, most notably by Hofstede and Schwarz. Relatively few have focused on virtues, a related and important concept in contemporary social science. The present paper examines the similarities and differences between nations, or blocks of - culturally related - nations on the perceived importance of virtues. Adults (N = 2.809 students) from 14 countries were asked to freely mention which virtues they found important to practice in daily life, and next to rate a list of 15 virtues, which reflect the most frequently mentioned categories in The Netherlands, as found in a previous study. The 14 nations included the United States, Mexico, nine European and three Asian nations. For the free-listed virtues, we compared the top-ten lists of most frequently mentioned virtues across the nations. We used a correspondence analysis on the frequency table to assess the relationships between the virtues and nations. For the 15 virtues ratings, a MANOVA, and follow-up ANOVA’s were used to examine effects of nation, age, gender and religion. We found strong evidence for relationships between nations and blocks of culturally related nations and the importance attached to various virtues. There appear to be some country specific virtues, such as generosity in France, but also some relatively universal virtues, most notably honesty, respect, and kindness.
Assessing psychotherapy as a western healing practice through prediction of help-seeking attitudes
(Taylor & Francis, 2023-02) Choubisa, Rajneesh
This exploratory study assessed the ability of six theory-derived variables representing possible signifiers for the Western cultural components of psychotherapy for predicting attitudes towards professional psychological help-seeking. Using data from 377 participants from India, regression analyses were conducted to test six hypotheses derived from Frank’s and Frank common factors model of psychotherapy. Results indicated a positive relationship between European American values and help-seeking attitudes, a negative relationship between Asian values and help-seeking attitudes, a positive relationship between westernization and help-seeking attitudes, and a negative relationship between cultural mistrust and help-seeking attitudes. Assessing a client’s cultural values, endorsement of a Western lifestyle, and level of cultural mistrust may be particularly predictive in determining suitability for and openness to psychotherapy with the single best predictor being European-American values. Those who do not adhere to Western values, who endorse more Asian values, who live a visibly non-Western lifestyle, and who have high mistrust of Western culture may be better suited for more culturally congruent healing methods.
Assessing the psychometric properties of cultural intelligence scale among Indian employees
(Springer, 2020-05) Choubisa, Rajneesh
Cultural Intelligence as a characteristic brings a plethora of advantages to the individual, team and the organization. Literature suggests that cultural intelligence positively impacts an employees’ leadership potential, creativity and job performance. Therefore, it is imperative for organizations to have a standard measure for assessing cultural intelligence. The current study examines the psychometrics of the Cultural Intelligence Scale (CIS) among Indian employees. To attain the objectives, data were collected in three studies (study 1: n = 198; study 2: n = 227; and study 3: n = 257). The psychometric tests included measurement of Cronbach’s alpha, exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), second-order CFA, convergent and discriminant validity (through average variance extracted, maximum variance shared, and average variance shared) and nomological validity (assessment of CIS with authentic happiness, cross-cultural adjustment and job performance). The CIS reported acceptable values for reliability and validity. In addition, the study highlights significant differences among males and females with respect to the behavioral dimension of cultural intelligence among employees. Further, the study emphasizes that the CIS is a standardized measure for assessing competent employees whose job roles demand interaction with multi-cultural and cross-cultural clients. Finally, the study elucidates significant implications for various stakeholders, limitations and ideas for future research.
The association between Western components of psychotherapy and psychotherapy help-seeking attitudes among Asian Indians: A practice innovation
(American Psychological Association, 2024) Choubisa, Rajneesh
Despite the cross-cultural use of psychotherapy, there is limited understanding of when and why people in India are receptive to it. This study aims to capture some of the Western cultural components underlying psychotherapy to better predict positive attitudes toward seeking psychotherapy in India. Three hundred twelve individuals from India completed six measures of correlative signifiers for the underlying Western components of psychotherapy as generated from the Frank and Frank common factors model: Asian values, European American values, ethnic identity, collective self-esteem, Westernization, and cultural mistrust. Linear regression was used to test six theoretical hypotheses about psychotherapy help-seeking attitudes. Results indicated that Asian values (B = −.12, p = .005), collective self-esteem (B = −.22, p = .000), and cultural mistrust (B = −.02, p = .006) are negatively correlated with help-seeking attitudes, and that European American values (B = .12, p = .001) and Westernization (B = .13, p = .015) are positively correlated with help-seeking attitudes. Ethnic identity was not significantly associated with attitude toward psychotherapy help seeking (B = −.15, p = .118). The best multiple regression equation for predicting positive attitudes included lower (non-Western) collective self-esteem, higher Westernization, and lower cultural mistrust. Findings from this study suggest that the cultural congruence between a client’s culture and the elements of Western culture underlying psychotherapy shape help-seeking attitudes and ultimate acceptance of psychotherapy as a legitimate intervention. Collective self-esteem, Westernization, and cultural mistrust may be particularly informative to clinicians when determining cultural appropriacy of psychotherapy.
A Comparative Analysis of Positive Psychological Capital Amongst Public & Private Sector Employees
(AIMA, 2009) Choubisa, Rajneesh
The thought for this article surges out of a direct implication of an apparently overt yet unspoken phenomenon pertaining to the field of organizational behavior in the context of Indian scenario wherein the world of work is archetypically segregated per se into government (secure but low paid) and private (unsecure but high paid) sectors of employment. Although formal and informal sectors do exist as per established economic theories but contemporary Indian psyche is preoccupied with opportunities in the above mentioned sectors only. It is being hypothesized and proved herein through inferential statistics & tests of significance that, as far as the implications and extension of positive psychology at workplace is concerned, there tend to be radical differentiation amongst the employees in both these sectors specifically in terms of strengths, virtues, and the proclaimed core constructs; self efficacy, optimism, hope and resiliency of positive organizational behavior. Eventually, these results call for distinct human development and management practices. In addition to psychoanalytic discussion as epitome, some insights into the measure with special reference to the prevailing economic crisis and recommendations for future research are provided in the end.
Dark tetrad and work-life balance: a case study on married doctoral students
(Routledge, 2023) Choubisa, Rajneesh
Doctoral education is critical for the enrichment of academic knowledge and the development of society. The significance of scientific progress depends on the work of a doctoral scholar. But how different personality types and behavioural aspects can thwart or improve their work still remains an essential question in the literature. It should be noted that sometimes the actions of the researchers can potentially impact the quality of research and misrepresentation of sensitive data adds to the issues. To check for a potential reason, this study aims to validate the measurement tools of personality and work-life balance in the Indian context and investigate the relationship between the two variables. To achieve this objective, we utilize the Dark Tetrad at Work Scale by Thibault & Kelloway, 2020, and the Work-Life Balance Scale by Brough et al., 2014. Data was collected from married doctoral scholars (n = 102) from a few Indian university campuses. Data analysis was done using regression analysis that further validated the relationship between the variables. Results indicate a significant influence of dark personality on the work-life balance of doctoral students. We conclude our investigation by suggesting extending this working idea to a diverse group of participants.
Descriptives and factor structure of IASMHS: revalidation analysis in Indian context
(International Journal of Psychology, 2023) Choubisa, Rajneesh
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Development and validation of a web-delivered positive psychological intervention in an Indian Milieu: Lessons from a limited pilot randomized controlled trial
(Taylor & Francis, 2018-07) Choubisa, Rajneesh
We present lessons learned from conducting a limited pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT) of an indigenously developed positive psychology intervention. This RCT essentially examines the efficacy of a competencies enhancing Internetdelivered intervention for Indian students. A total of 212 participants signed up for the semi-automated, text-based and self-guided program and filled program relevant competency measures (viz. emotional intelligence, stress, time and self-management) at pre-assessment and post-assessment. Results suggest that student participants (n = 75) randomly allocated to the experimental group of the trial have improved competencies of emotional intelligence, time, stress and self-management at post-test in comparison to the ones allocated to placebo (n = 56) and control conditions (n = 46). We deliberately used paired sample t-tests to check for significant differences in each of the components before and after the intervention. Our attrition rate was ranging from 21% to 59%, whereas the adherence rate was ranging from 35% to 48% for the four-phased process.
Does organizational virtuousness and psychological capital impact employee performance: evidence from the banking sector
(Emerald, 2020-09) Choubisa, Rajneesh
Positive psychology views organizational virtuousness (OV) and psychological capital (PsyCap) as significant external and internal variables. From a research perspective, both OV and PsyCap have indicated a positive relationship with employee performance. However, the underlying mechanism of the causal relationship needs to be explored. Design/methodology/approach
Does time perspective influence knowledge hiding? Empirical evidence from Indian employees
(Emerald, 2022-02) Choubisa, Rajneesh
The current study aims to explore the relationship between time perspective and knowledge hiding at the workplace.
Effectiveness of Self Focused Intervention for Enhancing Students’ Well-Being
(Journal of Indian Academy of Applied Psychology, 2009) Choubisa, Rajneesh
This study is a direct implication of the usage of a positive psychology based intervention module delivered in a classroom setting where the effects of the various strategies on the students were assessed. Presumably, participants, who have undergone the intervention programme, would be having a positive appraisal style. The students, who enrolled themselves for Positive Psychology course, participated in this study. Out of 90 participants, finally, 77 participants’ qualitative and quantitative data were taken into account. The results have been obtained by a pre-test and post-test within group experimental design for checking the significant differences as a way to measure of effectiveness of the multi-component self focused intervention programme
Empirical validation of values in action-inventory of strengths (VIA-IS) in Indian context
(Springer, 2010-08) Choubisa, Rajneesh
This study uses self-report measures completed by one hundred and twenty three (123) undergraduate technology students to investigate the validity of Peterson and Seligman’s (2004) classification system of 24 character strengths embodied in six core virtues. Using exploratory factor analyses we found, that an exact convergence of the character strengths was explicitly absent with the six-virtues. In our study, a five-factor solution was more comprehensive and well representing the resultant factor loadings upon analyzing the data which is further compared to a similar empirical study available for analyzing structural dynamics. In this paper, we have discussed the five-factor solution and renamed the dimensions to show a legitimate picture of the classification system, which requires further justification, and in addition, advocates reanalysis and reinterpretation of the originally propounded values in action (VIA) classification as a recommendation for future research.
From Design to Praxis: Evaluation of a Self-guided Internet-based Emotional Intelligence Enhancement Program: In Emotional Intelligence and Leadership: Better Work & Learning Environmen
(Excel Books, 2010) Choubisa, Rajneesh
Emotional Intelligence (EI) is a subject of intensive and extensive investigations by academicians as well as management professionals. Many researchers have developed different models and measures over the last few years and a very large number of organizations have used them in different contexts. This book makes an attempt to assess and evaluate these models and measures to capture the varied perceptions and perspectives of EI and to provide some significant learning to facilitate researchers and professional managers for better understanding. This book includes papers that specify that EI is the aggregation of the innate characteristics and the knowledge and skills that individuals acquire and develop throughout their lifetime. The book includes papers that develop individuals in ways that are personally meaningful, as well as constructive and meaningful for society. The final purpose of this book is to create a platform that can practically be used for EI and its significant factors and thus, provide guidance in the development of individuals to build modern India and the world at large.
Happiness vis-a-vis Development: Retrospection, Reflections and Ramifications
(Journal of Development Management, 2013) Choubisa, Rajneesh
Hope and Education: Role of Psychological Capital and Cultural Differences
(Springer, 2018-05) Choubisa, Rajneesh
Hope is a relevant variable in education and there is enough empirical evidence about its significant relationships with important education related. In this chapter, we make a brief summary of hope in an educational context by introducing the construct of psychological capital (PsyCap) that we speculate to have an impact on education and that possibly play an important role in promoting students’ personal resources. In order to contextualize, Snyder’s hope conceptualization is discussed in relation to some proposals that are reverberated and rooted in cultural differences. We also present preliminary findings from an international research on hope highlighting major cultural differences. In all, this chapter attempts to extend the effect of positive resources beyond hope.
Hope in the Indian Psychology Context: Philosophical Foundations and Empirical Findings
(Springer, 2018-05) Choubisa, Rajneesh
This chapter is dedicated to explore the concept of hope from an Indian perspective, reverting to the traditional philosophical scriptures of the Upanishads and the Srimadbhagwadgita and associating it to empirical findings derived from the Hope-Barometer survey. In order to investigate the ontological and epistemological roots, we firstly present the general claims of Indian Psychology, and secondly analyze the discourse on hope through the interpretive writings on the epic texts of two influential thinkers and philosophers’ viz. Swami Vivekananda and Sri Aurobindo so as to formulate and unearth the core thoughts about hope. Next, we present an empirical cross-cultural comparison of various elements of hope with reference to results obtained on Indian and German samples. Hope is a universal phenomenon although with different cultural expressions and accents. Our findings reveal the similarities and differences between the two cultural and religious groups in terms of cognitive, spiritual and social sources and targets of hope.
Imagining positive workplaces: extrapolating relationships between job crafting, mental toughness and authentic happiness in millennial employees
(Emerald, 2022-05) Choubisa, Rajneesh
Millennial managers are required to adopt to contemporary management practices and continually evolve to manage the workforce. To help them evolve and create positive workplaces, this study aims to extrapolate the associations between job crafting, mental toughness and authentic happiness (AH) among millennials and derive implications
Interdisciplinarity: Vignettes on Contemporary Knowledge, Education & Research
(Bloomsbury Prime, 2019-02) Nirban, Virendra Singh; Shukla, Tanu; Yadav, Anupam; Choubisa, Rajneesh
The role of education in research is not just to provide skills that will allow doing research, but also to provide the critical appreciation of how research is to be done. The ideology of this book is constructed on the experienced phenomenon in the contemporary world. Thus, this book is an attempt for critical engagements leading to pragmatic solutions. The perspective of the book is to help readers develop a comprehensive perspective on interdisciplinarity on knowledge, education, and research and not to take an ideological stance. The papers involve cultural variations including varied methodological perspectives having intrinsic originality of multiple disciplines. We hope to present the book to assist the researchers in order to utilize new perspectives offering immense insight to pursue research in the quantitative and qualitative analogy.
The International Work Addiction Scale (IWAS): a screening tool for clinical and organizational applications validated in 85 cultures from six continents
(AKJournals, 2025-03) Choubisa, Rajneesh
Despite the last decade's significant development in the scientific study of work addiction/workaholism, this area of research is still facing a fundamental challenge, namely the need for a valid and reliable measurement tool that shows cross-cultural invariance and, as such, allows for worldwide studies on this phenomenon.