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Relations between character strengths, school satisfaction, enjoyment of learning, academic self-efficacy, and school achievement: An examination of various aspects of positive schooling

Frontiers in Psychology, 2022
This study is embedded in the theoretical framework of the engine model of positive schooling. Accordingly, relations were investigated between students’ endogenous input variables (i.e., character strengths), process variables (i.e., school satisfaction,
Marco Weber, C. Harzer
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A Summary of Construct Validity Evidence for Two Measures of Character Strengths

Journal of Personality Assessment, 2022
The VIA Inventory of Strengths has become the most widely used instrument in the world for measuring the construct referred to character strengths. However, several limitations were noted in its original development. In response, the VIA Assessment Suite
R. McGrath
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Character strengths and inner peace

International Journal of Wellbeing, 2022
This research explored the relationships among inner peace and character strengths, both of which are understood to contribute to wellbeing, using a cross-sectional design.
Lobna Chérif, Ryan M. Niemiec, Valerie Wood   +2 more
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Exploring the association between character strengths and moral functioning

Ethics & Behavior, 2022
We explored the relationship between 24 character strengths measured by the Global Assessment of Character Strengths (GACS), which was revised from the original VIA instrument, and moral functioning comprising postconventional moral reasoning, empathic ...
Hyemin Han, Kelsie J. Dawson, D. Walker, Nghir Nguyen, Youn-Jeng Choi   +4 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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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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Developing autonomous learning in first year university students using perspectives from positive psychology [PDF]

, 2013
Autonomous learning is a commonly occurring learning outcome from university study, and it is argued that students require confidence in their own abilities to achieve this.
Andrew Denovan, Ann Macaskill, Aspinwall L. G., Bachman J. G., Bandura A., Bandura A., Bandura A., Berlyne D. E., Bryde J. F., Cantor N., Carver C. S., Carver C. S., Channock K., Cheavens J., Chemers M. M., Cohen J., Conner T. R., Cronbach L. J., Deci E. L., Deci E. L., Dobson C., Fazey D. M., Felson R. B., Fleming J. S., Folkman S., Gilman R., Hershberger P. J., Hewitt J. P., Holec H., Kashdan T. B., Kashdan T. B., Kline P., Koestner R., Lambier B., Leonard N. H., Little D., Macaskill A., Maltby J., Maltby J., March C., Marshall J. D., McCullough M. E., McCullough M. E., McCullough M. E., McCullough M. E., McFarlin D. G., Melges R., Menninger K., Miller T., Neto F., Park N., Peterson C., Peterson C., Ponton M. K., Robbins D., Rosenberg M., Rosenberg M., Scheier M. F., Seligman M.E.P., Seligman M.E.P., Snyder C. R., Snyder C. R., Snyder C. R., Snyder C. R., Snyder C. R., Snyder C. R., Solberg V. S., Stephenson J., Taylor S. E., Watkins P. C., Wood A., Wright B. A.   +71 more
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Character Strengths Predict Subjective Well-Being, Psychological Well-Being, and Psychopathological Symptoms, Over and Above Functional Social Support

Frontiers in Psychology, 2021
The increasing value of character strengths in the prediction of well-being and psychopathology, after the effects of functional social support and sociodemographic variables are accounted for, is examined.
Carolina M Azañedo, T. Artola, Santiago Sastre, Jesús M. Alvarado   +3 more
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A Meaningful Synergy: The Integration of Character Strengths and the Three Types of Meaning in Life

Social Sciences, 2023
Two areas that have scientifically erupted in the last two decades are the sciences of meaning and of character strengths, yet the integration of these areas has been minimal.
Pninit Russo-Netzer, Ricardo Tarrasch, Ryan M. Niemiec   +2 more
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The Predictive Roles of Character Strengths and Personality Traits on Flourishing

International Journal of Psychology and Educational Studies, 2022
This research aims to explore the association between personality traits, character strength, and flourishing in university students (N=384). In the study, Three-dimensional Character Strengths Scale was adapted to Turkish.
Halil Ekşi
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