Personality Traits and Future Anxiety in Buddhisms: a Study of Adult Tibetan Buddhist Practitioners from Uruguay
International Journal of Latin American Religions December 1, 2022 Ismael Eduardo Apud Peláez, Victor E. C. Ortuño, Mari Rose Reimondo Silva et al. 6 citations
Tibetan Buddhists in Uruguay report lower future anxiety, activity, and aggression than both religious and non-religious comparison groups, and lower neuroticism than the religious group alone. The study compared 52 members of three Tibetan Buddhist groups with 52 religious and 52 non-religious individuals using personality and future-anxiety questionnaires. These differences may reflect personality traits of people drawn to Tibetan Buddhism or result from the tradition’s distinctive dimensions of believing, bonding, behaving, and belonging.