Convergence and Psychometric Properties of Character Strengths Measures: The VIA-IS and the VIA-IS-R.

Vylobkova, Valentina; Heintz, Sonja; Gander, Fabian; Wagner, Lisa; Ruch, Willibald

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“…Since then, several revised (e.g., VIA-IS-R), abbreviated (e.g., VIA-IS-120), and target-group specific versions (e.g., VIA-Youth) have been developed (McGrath, 2019). As only marginal differences have been found between the revised VIA-IS-R and its predecessor (VIA-IS), criticism is likely to pertain to both instrument families (see preprint by Vylobkova et al, 2021). There are also modified and alternative versions such as the Global Assessment of Character Strengths (McGrath, 2017), a 24vignettes based Character Strengths Rating Form (Ruch et al, 2014), and the structured interview focused on signature strengths (Peterson, 2003), but they are not at focus in this research.…”

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“…We hypothesized a priori about the strongest relationships to any of the Big Five domains for each character strength, thereby providing a confirmatory test of this part of the nomological network. Given the longstanding dearth of research on relationships between strengths and specific personality facets at the time of our study (but see the recent paper by McGrath et al, 2020, and the preprint by Vylobkova et al, 2021) and because it exceeds the scope of this study, we did not make any predictions for facets, rendering this part of the analysis exploratory in nature. Note that…”

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Human Character in the IPIP: Towards Shorter, More Content-Valid, and Cross-Culturally Comparable IPIP-VIA Character Strength Scales

Bluemke¹,

Partsch²,

Saucier³

et al. 2021

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The “Values in Action” (VIA) framework is currently the most prominent approach to conceptualizing human character. VIA posits 24 character strengths that are purportedly valued across cultures and promote the well-being of both individuals and communities. However, unresolved limitations in the assessment of these character strengths continue to hamper theoretical progress in research on human character based on the VIA framework. Here we sought to lay a new foundation for ad-vanced assessment of strengths by refining and extensively validating an existing open-science inventory from the International Personality Item Pool (IPIP). Using data from a U.S. community sample and four quota samples from the United Kingdom and Germany, we investigated whether valid, cross-culturally comparable, and economical assessment of the VIA character strengths is possible with the IPIP. Experts selected suitable items with the aim to obtain 24 balanced-keyed short scales. Different experts then translated these items to German. Through exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, we established essential unidimensionality and well-fitting measure-ment models for each scale. All scales achieved at least partial scalar invariance across languages. Reliability estimates were satisfactory. Extensive analyses of the strengths’ nomological network placed character strengths between Big Five personality traits and basic human values, confirming that VIA strengths emphasize self-transcendence rather than self-enhancement. With few excep-tions, the 24 character strengths scales were sufficiently distinct from the Big Five, and many showed incremental predictive validity, also for “good life” criteria. The 96-item inventory “IPIP-VIA-R” offers a sound and fully open-science approach to future research on character strengths.

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Human Character in the IPIP: Towards Shorter, More Content-Valid, and Cross-Culturally Comparable IPIP-VIA Character Strength Scales

Bluemke¹,

Partsch²,

Saucier³

et al. 2021

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“…Last, the character strengths questionnaire for adults used in the present study and most commonly applied in the field was recently revised (McGrath & Wallace, 2019). Since the original and the revised questionnaires are highly comparable (Vylobkova et al, 2021), it is likely that similar relationships can be found based on the revised version, but this would need to be tested empirically.…”

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Character Strengths and Fluid Intelligence

Kretzschmar¹,

Wagner²,

Gander³

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Research on the associations between cognitive and noncognitive personality traits has widely neglected positively valued traits such as character strengths. The present study aimed to bridge this gap by studying the associations between character strengths and intelligence using different operationalizations of intelligence and character strengths (i.e., using self- and informant-reports) in children, adolescents, and adults. The results, based on four samples (N = 193/286/330/321), suggested that character strengths exist independently of cognitive ability, with the exception of love of learning, which showed a small but robust positive relationships with intelligence across all samples. Nonetheless, we argue for further research on the relationships and interactions between character strengths and cognitive ability when examining their relationships with external criteria.

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“…Сегодня активно проводятся исследования в рамках модели «VIA», а также продолжается развитие и модификация инструмента «VIA -IS». На 2021 г. последней версией опросника является «VIA -IS -R» («R» -revised), представленная Р. Макгратом, которая, как в рамках исследования самого автора [19], так и по результатам сторонних исследований [20], является не только формой эволюционного развития опросника, но и альтернативой, не призывающей прекращение использования более ранней версии «VIA -IS». Таким образом, описанная апробация версии опросника остается современной и релевантной в мировом научном пространстве, о чем свидетельствуют научные работы, использующие аналогичную версию опросника [3; 16].…”

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Personal Strengths of Russian Teachers in VIA Model: Approbation of the Russian-Language Version of the Questionnaire “Values in Action Inventory of Strengths” (VIA – IS120)

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Introduction. Positive psychology is one of the most rapidly developing directions of psychological science in the world. Over the past two decades, a large number of empirical researches confirm effectiveness and validity of theoretical studies and practical methods used in the framework of positive psychology. Unfortunately, there is a lack of research in this area in the Russian-speaking scientific community, despite of the presence of high-level scientific teams and individual researchers working in the framework of positive psychology. Probably an important factor in the “low popularity” of positive psychology among Russian authors is the lack of large-scale studies on wide samples of Russian respondents. The purpose of this article is to empirically confirm, the legitimacy of the practical application of the “VIA” model. As well as perform approbation, validation and publication of the Russian-language version of the questionnaire by K. Peterson and M. Seligman “Values in Action Inventory of Strengths” in Russian we suggest more reflecting the essence of the questionnaire name – “24 strengths of the personality”. Materials and Methods. The approbation was carried out on a wide sample of respondents from the professional sphere of education (N = 7 946), using statistical methods for checking the reliability of the questionnaire, including convergent validity and confirmatory factor analysis. Results. The reliability tests showed significant validity results, indicating the reliability of the psychometric tool. The scales of the Russian-language version of the VIA-IS questionnaire show more than sufficient internal consistency, The convergent validity test showed significant correlations with the following scales: Life Satisfaction Scale, Self-Esteem Scale, General Self-Efficiency Scale, and Professional Burnout (Maslach’s). Confirmatory factor analysis confirmed the factorial structure of the questionnaire. We manage to meet the desirable “cut-off” model fit parameters of Confirmatory factor analysis. Discussion and Conclusion. Hopefully, publication of this Russian-language questionnaire will lead to an increase interest for research in the field of positive psychology in the Russian scientific community. The conclusions made by the authors contribute to the development of theoretical concepts of positive psychology, confirming the general structural integrity and practical validity of the model “VIA”. Moreover, this article provides for open use in the Russian scientific psychological community a universal psychometric technique in form of questionnaire with empirically proven reliability on a wide sample of respondents.

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Convergence and Psychometric Properties of Character Strengths Measures: The VIA-IS and the VIA-IS-R.

Cited by 5 publications

References 12 publications

Human Character in the IPIP: Towards Shorter, More Content-Valid, and Cross-Culturally Comparable IPIP-VIA Character Strength Scales

Human Character in the IPIP: Towards Shorter, More Content-Valid, and Cross-Culturally Comparable IPIP-VIA Character Strength Scales

Character Strengths and Fluid Intelligence

Personal Strengths of Russian Teachers in VIA Model: Approbation of the Russian-Language Version of the Questionnaire “Values in Action Inventory of Strengths” (VIA – IS120)

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