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Character Strengths Across Disabilities: An International Exploratory Study and Implications for Positive Psychiatry and Psychology [PDF]
The purpose of this study was to examine the differences in character strengths for people with disabilities by using an international dataset by the VIA Institiute on Character.
Emre Umucu +6 more
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Character strengths and fluid intelligence. [PDF]
Objective Research on the associations between cognitive and noncognitive personality traits has widely neglected character strengths, that means positively and morally valued personality traits that constitute good character.
Kretzschmar A +5 more
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The Character Strengths of Class Clowns [PDF]
Class clowns traditionally were studied as a type concept and identified via sociometric procedures. In the present study a variable-centered approach was favored and class clown behaviors were studied in the context of character strengths, orientations ...
Willibald F. Ruch +2 more
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Character strengths as protective factors against behavior problems in early adolescent [PDF]
Character strengths could effectively prevent negative psychological outcomes in adults. However, there was little research conducted among early adolescents. The present study aimed to explore character strengths that were independently related to fewer
Cheng Qin +10 more
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A growing body of research demonstrates the relevance of character strengths for flourishing in general, but also for important outcomes across different life domains (e.g., work performance and relationship satisfaction).
Lisa Wagner +2 more
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Well-being, character strengths, and depression in emerging adults. [PDF]
Introduction Emerging adulthood is a period of transition between adolescence and adulthood, during which individuals explore different roles and possibilities.
Brito AD, Soares AB.
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Character strengths-based interventions are effective for increasing well-being. However, whether such interventions also change character strengths has never been tested.
F. Gander, Lisa Wagner, Ryan M. Niemiec
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What does it mean to be “strengths-based” or to be a “strengths-based practitioner?” These are diffuse areas that are generic and ill-defined. Part of the confusion arises from the customary default of practitioners and leaders across many cultures to ...
Ryan M. Niemiec, Ruth Pearce
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Development and validation of the Character Strengths Test 24 (CST24): a brief measure of 24 character strengths [PDF]
Background The present study aimed to develop and validate the Character Strengths Test 24 (CST24), a simple scale consisting of 24 character strengths represented by one concept word and one sentence each.
Satoshi Shimai, Yu Urata
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Assessment of character strengths
Character strengths are among the most frequently studied research topics in positive psychology (Donaldson et al., 2015). This chapter briefly introduces the VIA classification of character strengths and virtues (Peterson & Seligman, 2004) and discusses
Lisa Wagner, W. Ruch
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