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

doi:10.1080/00223891.2022.2044342

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“…Furthermore, 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., 2022 ), it is likely that similar relationships can be found based on the revised version, but this would need to be tested empirically and ideally based on larger sample sizes (see Kretzschmar & Gignac, 2019 ).…”

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Character strengths and fluid intelligence

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Wagner

Gander

et al. 2022

Journal of Personality

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Objective: Research on the associations between cognitive and noncognitive personality traits has widely neglected character strengths, that means positively and morally valued personality traits that constitute good character. Method: The present study aimed to bridge this gap by studying the associations between character strengths and fluid intelligence using different operationalizations of character strengths (including self-and informant-reports) and fluid intelligence in children, adolescents, and adults. Results: The results, based on four samples (N = 193/290/330/324), suggested that morally valued personality traits are independent of fluid intelligence, with the exception of love of learning, which showed small but robust positive relationships with fluid intelligence across all samples. Conclusions: Nonetheless, we argue for further research on the associations with other cognitive abilities and interactions between character strengths and intelligence when examining their relationships with external criteria.

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Character strengths and fluid intelligence

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Wagner

Gander

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“…SAPA is recently gaining more attention in the psychological literature and has been successfully used in past research (e.g. Dworak et al, 2021;Stahlmann & Ruch, 2020;Vylobkova et al, 2022).…”

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Who is flexible and adaptive in everyday life? Three facets of flexibility and development of the Flexibility Scale (FS-24)

Vylobkova¹,

Heintz²

2022

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Background: How flexible people react to changes, and adapt their behavior and plans, seems to be crucial in modern society. Nevertheless, there has been no common conceptualization of flexibility in the psychological literature. We ran two studies to contribute to the scientific understanding of flexibility as a personality trait and to offer a validated and easy-to-use flexibility questionnaire. Methods & Results: The first explorative study (N = 279) examined three individual-differences concepts of flexibility. Results suggested that flexibility consists of predictability, adaptability, and orderliness, and can be assessed with a 24-item Flexibility Scale (FS-24). The second, confirmatory study (N = 188) replicated the three components. The FS-24 had a good test-retest reliability. Further results provided initial support for the convergent and discriminant validity of FS-24. Conclusions: FS-24 was found to have sufficient psychometrical properties as well as suggested applications in different fields, such as organizational development, or counseling.

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“…For well-being variables, no such large database was available. Therefore, we used existing data of people who completed the CIT (from Vylobkova et al, 2023, and unpublished data; N = 495) and sampled for each exemplar the best matching counterpart in terms of demographic information from this dataset (1:1 matching) using the same procedure as for character strengths and life satisfaction.…”

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“…For other aspects of well-being (i.e., psychological and emotional well-being), no comparison data were available from this database. Therefore, a subsample was drawn from previously collected data (Vylobkova et al, 2023) and unpublished data, resulting in a comparison dataset of n = 495 adults who participated in studies for other purposes.…”

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Paragons of character—Character strengths and well‐being of moral, creative, and religious exemplars

Gander,

Wagner,

Vylobkova

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ObjectiveWhich traits best describe individuals who are recognized as exemplary in different domains? And can self‐rated positively valued personality traits distinguish such individuals from the general population?BackgroundThe study of exemplary individuals’ personality traits traditionally focused on general and broad traits. Using character strengths, which are narrower and designed to describe desirable behavior, could provide new insights.MethodIn this study, we examined 204 outstanding individuals—exemplars who received or were nominated for a public award recognizing their exemplary behavior (e.g., a Carnegie Rescuers Award; n = 119), individuals holding a patent (n = 62), and individuals living in a religious order (n = 23). We compared these exemplars to comparison samples matched based on demographic variables. All participants completed self‐report questionnaires assessing character strengths and well‐being (e.g., satisfaction with life).ResultsResults showed that the three groups of exemplars differed meaningfully in their character strengths and well‐being from the matched comparison groups. Compared with matched counterparts, moral exemplars scored higher on the strengths related to the virtues of courage, humanity, and justice as well as the character strength of humility, creative exemplars scored higher on the character strengths of creativity and honesty, and religious exemplars scored higher on gratitude and spirituality.ConclusionOverall, our findings suggest that character strengths are a useful framework for studying exemplary behavior.

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

Cited by 9 publications

References 23 publications

Character strengths and fluid intelligence

Character strengths and fluid intelligence

Who is flexible and adaptive in everyday life? Three facets of flexibility and development of the Flexibility Scale (FS-24)

Paragons of character—Character strengths and well‐being of moral, creative, and religious exemplars

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