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Character strengths and fluid intelligence. [PDF]

J Pers, 2022
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, Wagner L, Gander F, Hofmann J, Proyer RT, Ruch W.   +5 more
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The Character Strengths Response: An Urgent Call to Action

Frontiers in Psychology, 2020
A model on the role of character strengths in individual, collective, and species success is proffered. It is derived from viewing character strengths from a species perspective as opposed to one of individual differences/personality psychology.
Neal H. Mayerson
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The Practice of Character Strengths: Unifying Definitions, Principles, and Exploration of What’s Soaring, Emerging, and Ripe With Potential in Science and in Practice

Frontiers in Psychology, 2021
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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An exploratory study based on autobiographical memories and character strengths

, 2022
Positive changes in terms of personal growth have been observed in individuals dealing with traumatic or difficult situations, as well as with positive situations.
Alonso García, Miguel Aurelio, Hervás Torres, Gonzalo, Schweiger Gallo, Inge   +2 more
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Co-occurrence Patterns of Character Strengths and Measured Core Virtues in German-Speaking Adults

Frontiers in Psychology, 2020
The VIA Classification on character strengths and virtues suggests 24 character strengths clustered into six core virtues (wisdom and knowledge, courage, humanity, justice, temperance, and transcendence).
Willibald Ruch, Sonja Heintz, Sonja Heintz, Lisa Wagner   +3 more
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A study of character strengths, work engagement and subjective well-being in Chinese registered nurses

Medycyna Pracy, 2022
Background Nurses displayed low levels of subjective well-being and high turnover intention. How to enhance the subjective well-being and decrease the turnover rate of nurses is of great importance.
Xiaotong Ding, Houming Kan, Xueqin Chu, Chenyu Sun, Feiyan Ruan   +4 more
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Are sequential sample designs useful for examining post-traumatic changes in character strengths? [PDF]

, 2019
Previous research on differences in character strengths as a result of traumatic cultural events has relied on non-overlapping samples of individuals who completed online questionnaires before and after the event.
Mcgrath, Robert E., Blackie, Laura E.R., Jayawickreme, Eranda, Lamade, Raina V.   +3 more
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Character strengths predict an increase in mental health and subjective well-being over a one-month period during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown [PDF]

, 2020
This study examines whether character strengths predict resilience (operationalized as stable or higher mental health and subjective well-being despite an adverse event) over a period of approximately 1 month during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in ...
Martínez-Martí, María Luisa, Corradi, G, Martínez-Martí, M.L., Theirs, C., Pascual, David, Corradi, G., Theirs, Cecilia Inés, Pascual, D.   +7 more
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Character strengths and virtues

Psicodebate, 2015
The target of this work is to carry out a critical analysis about some of the underlying epistemological assumptions in Peterson and Seligman’s book Character Strengths and Virtues. A handbook and classifications (2004).
Mariana Gancedo
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Intervention Effectiveness Evaluation of Character Strengths Perception and Psychological Wellbeing in Information Technology Professional

Revista Psicologia, 2023
Positive psychology interventions promote psychological health. This quasi-experimental study evaluated an intervention efficacy on character strengths perception and psychological well-being in 30 information technology (IT ...
Luciane Wolff, Ilana Andretta
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