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Mental health and character strengths: the dual role of boosting well-being and reducing suffering

Mental Health and Social Inclusion, 2023
Purpose This paper aims to examine how character strengths have an important dual role in mental health in both promoting well-being and mental wellness and also in reducing symptoms and suffering.
Ryan M. Niemiec
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Character Strengths and Life Satisfaction in Later Life: an Analysis of Different Living Conditions

open access: yesApplied Research in Quality of Life, 2019
The aim of this study was to explore the role of character strengths and their associations to life satisfaction in older people. We were interested in studying several transitions that are specific for older people: aging, retirement, living alone, and ...
Doris Baumann   +2 more
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Associations between parental emotional warmth, parental attachment, peer attachment, and adolescents’ character strengths

, 2021
The present study sought to investigate how parental emotional warmth and attachments jointly contribute to adolescents’ character strengths. The Chinese version of the Short-Form Egna Minnen av Barndoms Uppfostran (s-EMBU-C), the simplified Chinese ...
Qianwen Liu, Zhenhong Wang
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Calling, character strengths, career identity, and job burnout in young Chinese university teachers: A chain-mediating model

, 2021
Many studies have reported the risk factors of teachers’ job burnout. However, few studies have analyzed the potential positive factors, such as character strengths and calling, that may reduce job burnout and promote effective job-burnout interventions.
Ling Lian   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Childhood trauma and suicidal ideation among Chinese adolescents: The mediating effects of character strengths and perceived stress.

Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 2022
WHAT IS KNOWN ON THE SUBJECT?: Prior research has demonstrated that childhood trauma can increase adolescents' suicidal ideation, and perceived stress plays a mediating role in the relationship between childhood trauma and adolescents' suicidal ideation.
Qing Fan   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Character strengths intervention for nurturing well-being among Pakistan's university students: A mixed-method study.

Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, 2021
A strengths intervention, The Good Life, was developed for this study to augment Pakistani university students' PERMA-oriented well-being. The intervention strategy focused on all 24 strengths, observing strengths in others, and developing the lesser ...
Z. A. Green
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Character strengths sustain mental health and post-traumatic growth during the COVID-19 pandemic. A longitudinal analysis

Psychology and Health, 2021
Objective The COVID-19 pandemic has brought negative and positive changes in the general population, with some people experiencing post-traumatic growth after the first wave.
Nicole Casali   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Resilience in the face of interpersonal loss: The role of character strengths.

Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, 2021
The present study assessed whether seven specific character strengths may function to promote resilience or growth following interpersonal loss. A sample of 3710 adults, including 557 who experienced a recent interpersonal loss (defined as death of a ...
Tamar Blanchard   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Women are the Better Halves: Gender-based Variations in Virtues and Character Strengths

Journal of Human Values, 2021
Several feminists have been arguing on the superiority of women over men. This debate, instead of being biological, revolves around the gender roles and moral characteristics of humans, based on which women have been regarded better than men. The current
Waqar Husain
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Temporal associations between character strengths and civic action: A daily diary study

Journal of Positive Psychology, 2021
Positive youth development (PYD) models propose that character is an important antecedent to civic action, yet few studies have examined temporal links between character strengths and civic behavior.
Benjamin Oosterhoff   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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