Strengths of character and well-being

We investigated the relationship between various character strengths and life satisfaction among 5,299 adults from three Internet samples using the Values in Action Inventory of Strengths. Consistently and robustly associated with life satisfaction were hope, zest, gratitude, love, and curiosity. On...

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Published inJournal of social and clinical psychology Vol. 23; no. 5; pp. 603 - 619
Main Authors PARK, Nansook, PETERSON, Christopher, SELIGMAN, Martin E. P
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, NY Guilford 01.10.2004
Guilford Press
Subjects
Biological and medical sciences
Character
Correlation analysis
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Life satisfaction
Mental health
Personal characteristics
Personality traits
Personality. Affectivity
Predictors
Psychology
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Quality of life
Satisfaction
Social psychology
Strengths perspective
Well-being
Human
Character
Attitude
Satisfaction
Personality
Temperament
Psychological well being
Quality of life
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Summary:We investigated the relationship between various character strengths and life satisfaction among 5,299 adults from three Internet samples using the Values in Action Inventory of Strengths. Consistently and robustly associated with life satisfaction were hope, zest, gratitude, love, and curiosity. Only weakly associated with life satisfaction, in contrast, were modesty and the intellectual strengths of appreciation of beauty, creativity, judgment, and love of learning. In general, the relationship between character strengths and life satisfaction was monotonic, indicating that excess on any one character strength does not diminish life satisfaction. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
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ISSN:0736-7236
1943-2771
DOI:10.1521/jscp.23.5.603.50748