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- Elite scientists generally agree on what character traits make for excellent science. Honesty and curiosity are the most important traits underlying excellent science, according to a survey of around 400 members of elite US scientific societies, such as the National Academy of Sciences.
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Aug 14, 2019 · The results showed that character strengths are stable over long periods of time, that the strongest relationships between changes in strengths and well-being parallel reports in...
Jul 28, 2019 · There are 24 character strengths in total, classified into six distinct virtues: wisdom, courage, humanity, justice, temperance, and transcendence. The complete list of character traits and their definitions can be found in Appendix 1.
Aug 23, 2023 · This catapult of research encompasses a range of studies that examine correlates, causes, populations, contexts, grouping of character strengths, and different assessment measures of character strengths.
May 25, 2021 · While character strengths are expected to contribute to the ‘good life,’ they also may serve specific purposes (e.g., the strength of curiosity should support the acquisition and use of knowledge). This study explored the potential functions of character strengths from a within-person perspective.
- Fabian Gander, Lisa Wagner, Lukas Amann, Willibald Ruch
- 2021
Sep 9, 2023 · Since the seminal work by Peterson and Seligman (2004) introducing the concept of character strengths, these have received increasing attention from psychological researchers and clinicians because their importance for individuals’ well-being, growth, and self-actualization appears to be compelling.
Mar 26, 2024 · We propose solutions to ten key issues which, in our estimation, not only sustain this skepticism but also hinder meaningful advancement in the field of character strengths research: (1) Criteria evaluation, (2) Virtue functions, (3) Situational affordances, (4) Content validity, (5) Criterion validity, (6) Fulfillment conceptualization, (7 ...
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Jan 26, 2021 · We center on the type of strength referred to as character strengths and explore six guiding principles for understanding character strengths (e.g., character is plural; character is being and doing) and their practical corollaries.
