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    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.
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    Preferences for closeness and endurance in friendship: a cross-cultural investigation
    (Sage, 2025-04) Choubisa, Rajneesh
    Friendships vary in closeness and endurance: Some friendships are closer while others are more casual; some are more enduring while others last only as long as they are convenient. The present study examined friendship preferences in these dimensions. Using data from a cross-cultural sample (N = 6224) taken from 12 countries, we found that the vast majority of participants preferred a combination of close and casual friendships, with a preference for having more close friendships. Similarly, most participants preferred a combination of enduring and convenience friendships, with a preference for having more enduring friendships. Additionally, participants’ preferences closely matched their actual friendships, with these findings being generally consistent across cultures. We found also that participants who preferred friendships that enabled them to receive support and social input were more likely to prefer close and enduring friendships over casual and convenient ones. The opposite was true for participants who preferred friendships that allowed them to achieve self-serving goals and gain access to mates. Furthermore, we found significant but small direct and indirect effects of the Dark Triad personality traits, especially Machiavellianism, on preferences for closeness and endurance in friendship.
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    Psychometric validation of dark tetrad at work scale in an Indian context
    (Elsevier, 2025-05) Choubisa, Rajneesh
    Dark Tetrad at Work (DTW) scale is a relatively new instrument used for assessing four dark personality traits, namely; Narcissism, Machiavellianism, Psychopathy and Sadism. In an attempt to psychometrically validate and check its suitability for exploring dark traits among Indian employees, we carried out this two phased study. In the first phase, a total of N = 526 participants working in the government run businesses responded to the scale that was distributed via an online and offline approach. We performed Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) on the phase one dataset to test the factor structure and additionally ran correlations and multiple regressions to check the criterion-related validity with organizational constructs such as job burnout and flourishing. We resumed data collection after a small gap and initiated second phase of data collection acquiring a new dataset of N = 222 respondents. We performed Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) on this dataset to examine and validate the factor structure obtained through exploratory factor analysis. The results from the first phase suggested a four-factor solution with best fit and significant factor loadings for all the four factors of the scale, including acceptable convergent and discriminant validity ratios. Our second phase results validated the four-factor solution highlighting good fit indices and suggesting the dark tetrad at work scale can be used to check dark traits in Indian milieu. We highlight limitations of this research and provide future research recommendations advocating translations, cross-cultural, multi-sectoral, exhaustive explorations of the scale to better comprehend the phenomenon.
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    Spiritual well-being mediates between psychological capital and emotional experiences: evidence from college students at a private residential university in India
    (Springer, 2025-05) Choubisa, Rajneesh
    College students worldwide are encountering significant mental health challenges and positive psychological approaches are effective in addressing these issues. Psychological capital as a construct having origin from organizational psychology plays an important role in young people’s education and mental health. The dimensions of psychological capital and spiritual well-being play an important role in manifesting emotional experiences, both positive and negative, among young individuals. In the contemporary scenario, where social and economic factors act as deciding factors in deciphering and influencing emotions, there is a dire need to focus on the positive developmental aspects of human behavior. We, thus, explore the interconnection between psychological capital and spiritual well-being and quantitatively investigate how both of them influence the emotional experiences of college students (N = 214). Results from the regression analysis suggest that psychological capital predicts positive emotions, whereas spiritual well-being mediates this relationship. One of the practical implications of our results suggest that these three variables have good interventional potential for well-being promotion studies.
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    A religious comparative study on the influence of gratitude in depression from a South Indian state
    (2025-06) Choubisa, Rajneesh
    Gratitude is considered one of the 24-character strengths contributing to psychological well-being. Most religions consider gratitude to be a core virtue with spiritual foundations. For many religious individuals, recognizing the positive aspects of life, such as grace and abundance from God or sacred entities, fosters a persistent sense of gratitude. Gratitude can enhance psychological well-being and happiness and reduce depression, especially in a religious context. However, this potential has been less explored, particularly in India.
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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.
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    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.
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    Mastering the Covid-19 pandemic crisis: from anxiety to hope
    (Springer, 2023-05) Choubisa, Rajneesh
    This chapter presents selected results of the Hope Barometer survey during the pandemic years of 2020 and 2021. Against the background of the intense feelings of stress and anxiety in these times of crisis, we first review current theories on psychological stress and coping, present results of our empirical studies during the pandemic and then focus on the role and importance of hope in relation to positive coping styles, well-being, and stress-related personal growth. A central aim of our research is to investigate the role of culture in the perception of stress and hope (as the counterpart of anxiety) and in the choice of different coping strategies, as evident in their relationship to experiences of well-being and personal growth. We compared the results of 11 countries with cross-sectional data collected in November 2019 (N = 9092), November 2020 (N = 9536) and November 2021 (N = 9093). After reporting general findings, we engage in an analysis of the most striking differences between the countries. Our results revealed that a majority of the participants experienced moderate stress levels, but with significant differences between the samples and notable changes between 2020 and 2021. Most people, especially in more collectivistic countries such as Nigeria, South Africa, India, and Portugal, remained hopeful, applied positive coping strategies, and enjoyed moderate to high levels of well-being and personal growth. Our findings highlight the importance of emotion-focused, social, and religious coping sources, besides problem-focused coping, for mastering the crisis, which are predominant in collectivistic societies
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    Long-term Future Expectations and Collective Hope
    (Springer, 2023-05) Choubisa, Rajneesh
    The purpose of this chapter is to extend and explore the definition of collective hope as the shared desire for a better future not only for oneself, but for the entire social community, the belief that a better future for all is possible but not necessarily guaranteed or even likely, and the trust in the human capacity to cooperate and support each other towards the realization of a better world despite current struggles and challenges. Conceptually we chose an interdisciplinary approach, integrating insights from Positive Psychology, Futures Studies, and Pragmatic Hope Philosophy. After introducing the concept of collective hope we present the nature and role of images of the future in terms of probable, possible and desired future trends and scenarios. Based on data collected with the Hope Barometer across 12 countries in November 2019 (N = 10,665), we evaluated people’s long-term future expectations regarding the general quality of life, social trends and expected as well as wished-for future scenarios. We then related these expectations to perceived hope and social well-being. Our results suggest that long-term social expectations are significantly more pessimistic in European than in non-European countries and that personal hope levels are significantly higher in countries outside Europe. Moreover, an overwhelming majority of participants in this study preferred a social-sustainable over an individualist-competitive future scenario. Whereas future prospects had a significant effect on hope and (social) well-being, desirable images of the future hardly displayed an effect. Our findings highlight the importance of encouraging people to develop new positive pictures of the future which could foster hope, belief, and trust in a flourishing and sustainable world and to get engaged in its realization.
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    Descriptives and factor structure of IASMHS: revalidation analysis in Indian context
    (International Journal of Psychology, 2023) Choubisa, Rajneesh
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