Co-occurrence Patterns of Character Strengths and Measured Core Virtues in German-Speaking Adults.

ABSTRACT: 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). Three recent studies employed different methods for testing the assignment of character strengths to virtues (e.g., expert and layperson ratings), and generally supported the VIA classification. However, the co-occurrence of character strengths and virtues within individuals has not been examined yet. Another untested assumption is that an individual's composition of character strengths is related to being considered of "good character." Thus, the present study addresses three research questions: (1) How do character strengths and measured virtues co-occur within individuals? (2.1) How do

SUBMITTER: Ruch W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7726161 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature