Character strengths are more or less stable personality traits and contribute to a fulfilling life. This web-based study aims to determine the factorial structure of character strengths and investigate the relationship between character strengths and life satisfaction regarding gender and age in an adult German sample (N = 423). Measures used are the Values in Action Inventory of Strengths (VIA-IS) and the Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS). Four factors of character strengths were found through factor analysis: intellectual strengths, interpersonal strengths, emotional-spiritual strengths and strengths of restraint. All factors of character strengths correlated with life satisfaction with emotional-spiritual strengths being the highest. Women had higher scores on emotional-spiritual strengths whereas men had higher scores on intellectual strengths. Higher age was associated with higher scores on emotional-spiritual strengths and higher life satisfaction. Calculated separately for each age group the relation between character strengths and life satisfaction was mildly moderated by gender.
Contents
Abstract
List of tables
List of figures
1 Introduction
2 Theoretical background
2.1 Character strengths
2.2 Life satisfaction
2.3 Character strengths and life satisfaction
2.4 Relation of character strengths and life satisfaction to gender
2.5 Relation of character strengths and life satisfaction to age
2.6 Aim of this study and hypotheses
3 Method
3.1 Participants
3.2 Instruments
3.3 Procedure
4 Results
4.1 Factor analysis
4.2 Preliminary analyses
4.3 Results regarding the hypotheses
5 Discussion
6 Conclusion
7 References
8 Appendix
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