Peace of Mind Scale

(POMS) [15] was used to measure peace of mind through a single factor model presented by POMS. The scale consists of a 5 item scale that measures affective wellbeing. The items reflect the experiences of internal peace and harmony in general terms (e.g., I have peace and harmony in my mind) as well as in everyday circumstances (e.g., I feel content and comfortable with myself in daily life). Participants indicated how often they experience the internal states described in each of the items on a scale of 1 (not at all) to 5 (all the time). The five-item POMS (Cronbach alpha = 0.78) was used in this study which had previously been confirmed for the Indian population [32]. In this study sample, the Cronbach alpha was found to be 0.91.