The present research focuses on the effects of Buddhist practice (daimoku), community belongingness, and beliefs on the personality and subjective temporality of members of Soka Gakkai International in Uruguay. We used a mixed quantitativequalitative design, which included the application of the Zuckerman-Kuhlman-Aluja Personality Questionnaire/Short-Form and the Dark Future Scale psychometric scales and qualitative in-depth interviews. The sample consisted of 22 subjects who, compared to a control group, showed: i. significantly lower scores with a mediumsized effect for the neuroticism-anxiety trait and each of its facets (anxiety, depression, dependence, and low self-esteem) and for the aggressiveness-hostility trait and its facet verbal aggression; ii. significantly higher scores and medium effect size for the sociability-extraversion trait and its positive emotions and social warmth...

Uruguay. Previously, in a quantitative and cross-sectional study, we compared 52 Tibetan Buddhists with religious and non-religious population, showing significantly lower differences for Future Anxiety, Aggression-Hostility and Activity, when comparing the Buddhist group with the rest, and in Neuroticism-Anxiety when compared only with the religious group. The current article shows the qualitative results of the project, with a sample of 14 Buddhists. In-depth interviews were used to explore participants’ perception of psychological changes attributed to Buddhism. The qualitative analysis converged in certain results when compared to the quantitative counterpart. The results describe participants’ perception of changes in constructs/facets related to Aggression-Hostility, Future Anxiety and Neuroticism-Anxiety. The analysis of the constructs Activity and Sociability-Extraversion all...

The present research focuses on the effects of Buddhist practice (daimoku), community belongingness, and beliefs on the personality and subjective temporality of members of Soka Gakkai International in Uruguay. We used a mixed quantitativequalitative design, which included the application of the Zuckerman-Kuhlman-Aluja Personality Questionnaire/Short-Form and the Dark Future Scale psychometric scales and qualitative in-depth interviews. The sample consisted of 22 subjects who, compared to a control group, showed: i. significantly lower scores with a mediumsized effect for the neuroticism-anxiety trait and each of its facets (anxiety, depression, dependence, and low self-esteem) and for the aggressiveness-hostility trait and its facet verbal aggression; ii. significantly higher scores and medium effect size for the sociability-extraversion trait and its positive emotions and social warmth...

Uruguay. Previously, in a quantitative and cross-sectional study, we compared 52 Tibetan Buddhists with religious and non-religious population, showing significantly lower differences for Future Anxiety, Aggression-Hostility and Activity, when comparing the Buddhist group with the rest, and in Neuroticism-Anxiety when compared only with the religious group. The current article shows the qualitative results of the project, with a sample of 14 Buddhists. In-depth interviews were used to explore participants’ perception of psychological changes attributed to Buddhism. The qualitative analysis converged in certain results when compared to the quantitative counterpart. The results describe participants’ perception of changes in constructs/facets related to Aggression-Hostility, Future Anxiety and Neuroticism-Anxiety. The analysis of the constructs Activity and Sociability-Extraversion all...