Effects Of Character Strengths Research Articles

The Effects of Character Strengths and Social Support on the Parenting Efficacy of Mothers with School-age Children

The Effects of Character Strengths and Social Support on the Parenting Efficacy of Mothers with School-age Children

The Effects of Character Strengths and Social Support on the Parenting Efficacy of Mothers with School-age Children

The Effects of Character Strengths and Social Support on the Parenting Efficacy of Mothers with School-age Children

Association Between Character Strengths and Caregiver Burden: Hope as a Mediator

Caregiver burden is the negative impact that caregivers perceive as a result of their caregiving tasks. According to the stress process model, contextual variables and primary and secondary stressors produce negative mental health outcomes in caregivers. However, this relationship may be buffered by psychological resources which act as mediators/moderators. Although there is research on the mediating/moderating effect of mastery, coping strategies, and social support, the effect of psychological values remains unexplored. This study aimed to explore, after controlling for contextual variables and stressors, which character strengths are associated with caregiver burden. We also sought to analyze the mediating/moderating effect of character strengths on the relationship between burden and the significant contextual variables and stressors. To this end, a sample of 115 caregivers of people diagnosed with dementia completed a questionnaire battery. Correlational analysis, multiple regression modeling, and mediation and moderation analysis were performed. The results revealed that the caregivers who experience the greatest burden are those who live with the care recipient, who score higher on perceived stress, who feel their leisure time is limited, and who perceive more financial strain. Higher scores on caregiver burden were associated with lower scores on hope, zest, social intelligence, and love. Regression modeling indicated that hope was the strength which best predicted burden and that hope mediated the relationship between perceived stress and burden. No moderation effect was found. The results suggest that hope-based programs could enhance positive emotions and reduce the perceived negative impact of caregiving.

Prediction of Risky Behaviors in Adolescents: Effect of Character Strengths and Being Virtuous

<p style="text-align:justify">The purpose of the present study is to determine if high school students' character strengths composed of twenty-four different features, being virtuous including six dimensions and demographic characteristics predict risky behaviors. The participants of the study were 380 students aged between 14-19 years and enrolled in general high schools. The data was collected by using the Values in Action Inventory of Strengths for Young People and the Risky Behaviors Scale. From the findings, it was determined that the risk of school drop-out score was higher in the ninth grades and the male students had more risky behaviors compared to the their female counterparts. Moreover, it was also determined that the risky behaviors were significantly related to many character strengths. Besides this, as a result of the regression analyses, it was found that the character strengths predicted risky behaviors composed of the areas of anti-social behaviors, use of alcohol/cigarette, eating habits, suicide tendency and school leave at different levels. The findings were discussed within the context of adolescents’ psychological counseling needs and suggestionThe purpose of the present study is to determine if high school students' character strengths composed of twenty-four different strengths, virtues including six dimensions and demographic characteristics predict risky behaviors. The participants of the study were 380 students aged between 14-19 years and enrolled in general high schools. The data was collected by using the Values in Action Inventory of Strengths for Youth and the Risky Behaviors Scale. From the findings, it was determined that the risk of school drop-out score was higher in the ninth grades and the male students had more risky behaviors compared to their female counterparts. Moreover, it was also determined that the risky behaviors were significantly related to many character strengths. Besides this, as a result of the regression analyses, it was found that the character strengths predicted risky behaviors composed of the areas of anti-social behaviors, use of alcohol/cigarette, eating habits, suicide tendency and school dropout at different levels. The findings were discussed within the context of adolescents’ psychological counseling needs and suggestions were proposed.</p>

비영리단체 활동가의 직무스트레스와 소진의 관계에서 성격강점의 매개효과

비영리단체 활동가의 직무스트레스와 소진의 관계에서 성격강점의 매개효과

The Effects of Character Strengths on Learning Flow in High School Students: Mediating Effects of Peers and Teachers

The Effects of Character Strengths on Learning Flow in High School Students: Mediating Effects of Peers and Teachers

The Moderating Effects of Character Strengths on Mental Disorders of Middle-Aged Adults

The Moderating Effects of Character Strengths on Mental Disorders of Middle-Aged Adults

Character strengths, social anxiety, and physiological stress reactivity.

In this paper, the effects of character strengths on the physiological reactivity to social anxiety induced by the Trier Social Stress Task were reported. On the basis of their scores in the Chinese Virtues Questionnaire, 30 college students were assigned to either high- (n = 15) or low-character-strength (n = 15) groups. Their psychological stress and physiological data across three laboratory stages (namely, baseline, stress exposure, and post-stress) were collected. Results indicated that individuals with high character strengths exhibited rapid cardiovascular recovery from baseline to post-stress even if high- and low-character-strength groups showed similar patterns of cardiovascular arousal in response to the stress at baseline and stress exposure. These results prove that character strengths are stress-defense factors that allow for psychological and physiological adaptation to stress.

The Effect of Character Strengths and Anger Control on Teaching Professionalism of Preservice Early Childhood Teacher

Objectives: To investigate the effects of character strengths and anger control on teaching professionalism of pre-service early childhood teachers. Methods/Statistical Analysis: Three hundred and sixty one college students majoring in early childhood education responded to three different questionnaires. Data were statistically analyzed using correlation and regression. Findings: The results of the study were as follows. First, we found correlation between subcategories of each variable of character strengths and teaching professionalism. Especially, the relationship between self-esteem and professional participation in teaching professionalism was statistically significant. Second, in examining interaction effect of anger control on character strengths and teaching professionalism, we found statistically significant interaction effect of anger control. In detail, interaction between two subcategories of humanity and anger control influenced the degree of self-esteem. Improvements/Applications: These findings suggest that the variables of character strengths and anger control were useful predictors of teaching professionalism of preservice early childhood teachers. Thus, it is necessary to develop intervention programs for enhancing character strengths and anger control in the level of teacher training program to improve teaching professionalism of preservice early childhood teachers.

영유아교사의 성격강점과 생애목표가 삶의 만족도에 미치는 영향

영유아교사의 성격강점과 생애목표가 삶의 만족도에 미치는 영향

My Better Half

Character strengths, representing positive attributes of individuals, have been linked with several positive psychological qualities, such as life satisfaction and well-being. However, the effects of character strengths and their deployment on married couples, at the dyadic level, have not been studied to date. The present study focuses on married partners’ strengths endorsement and on their opportunities to deploy their strengths in the relationship, and explores the associations between these variables and both partners’ relationship satisfaction. The results reveal significant associations of strengths endorsement and deployment with relationship satisfaction, as expected. However, unexpectedly, men’s idealization of their wives’ character strengths was negatively associated with relationship satisfaction. These findings hold theoretical and practical implications for couples and therapists, regarding dyadic effects of strengths endorsement and deployment, and their perception.

Influence of character strengths on mental health stigma

We examined traits of open-mindedness, kindness, hope, and social intelligence in the context of mental health stigma. Stigma – a process that objectifies and dehumanizes a person who has mental illness – diminishes people’s ability to control their behavior as coping with stigma requires self-regulation. Exploring mental health stigma through the lens of character strengths allows for understanding individual differences and kinds of characteristics that help decrease the ramifications associated with stigma of mental health. Several tasks explored the effects of character strengths on implicit and explicit mental health stigma: implicit association task, measures of willingness to interact with those with a mental health disorder, and a social distance task of self, friend, and person with a disorder. Character strengths of social intelligence and kindness were indicative of less stigma of mental health. More open-minded individuals tended to not hold individuals diagnosed with a mental health disorder personally responsible for acquiring that disorder.

The Mediating Effect of Character Strengths in the Relationship between Social Supports and Subjective Well-being: Focused on Community Child Centers

The Mediating Effect of Character Strengths in the Relationship between Social Supports and Subjective Well-being: Focused on Community Child Centers

The Effects of Character Strengths on Well-being and Adaptive Coping Style of Adolescents

The Effects of Character Strengths on Well-being and Adaptive Coping Style of Adolescents

Modesty, Humility, Character Strength, and Positive Psychology

Modesty, Humility, Character Strength, and Positive PsychologyJohn H. Harvey and Brian G. PauwelsJohn H. Harvey1. University of Iowa.Search for more papers by this author and Brian G. Pauwels2. Doane College.Search for more papers by this authorPublished Online:June 2005https://doi.org/10.1521/jscp.23.5.620.50753PDFPDF PLUS ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations AboutReferencesBushman , B., & Baumeister, R.F. (1998). Threatened egotism, narcissism, self-esteem and displaced aggression. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 75, 219–229. Crossref, Google ScholarCarver (1998). Resilience and thriving: Issues, models, and linkages. Journal of Social Issues, 54, 245–266. Crossref, Google ScholarDavis , C.G., Nolen-Hoeksema, S., & Larson, J. (1998). Making sense of loss and benefiting from the experience: Two construals of meaning. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 75, 561–574. Crossref, Google ScholarDiener , E., & Seligman, M.E.P. (2002). Very happy people. Psychological Science, 13, 80–83. Crossref, Google ScholarFischer, L. (1983). The essential Gandhi: His life, work, and ideas. New York: Vintage Books. Google ScholarGoldberg, L.R. (1999). A broad-bandwidth, public domain, personality inventory measuring the lower-level facets of several five-factor models. In I. Mervielde, I. Deary, F. De Fruyt, & F. Ostendorf (Eds.), Personality psychology in Europe (Vol. 7, pp. 7–28). Tilburg, The Netherlands: Tilburg University Press. Google ScholarHarvey , J.H. (2001). The psychology of loss as a lens to a positive psychology. American Behavioral Scientist, 44, 835–853. Crossref, Google ScholarHarvey, J.H. (2002). Perspectives on loss and trauma: Assaults on the self. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. Google ScholarHarvey , J.H., Orbuch, T. L., Chwalisz, K.D., & Garwood, G. (1991). Coping with sexual assault: The roles of account-making and confiding. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 4, 515–531. Crossref, Google ScholarHarvey , J.H., & Pauwels, B.G. (2003). The ironies of positive psychology. Psychological Inquiry, 14, 124–127. Google ScholarLazarus , R.S. (2003). Does the positive psychology movement have legs? Psychological Inquiry, 14, 93–109. Crossref, Google ScholarPark , N., Peterson, C., & Seligman, M. (2004). Strengths of character and well-being. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 23, 603–619. Link, Google Scholar Previous article Next article FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Cited byCited by1. A meta-analysis of humble leadership: Reviewing individual, team, and organizational outcomes of leader humilityOnline publication date: Go to citation Crossref Google Scholar2. The influence of parenting on gratitude during emerging adulthood: the mediating effect of time perspectiveOnline publication date: 29 January 2021. Go to citation Crossref Google Scholar3. Unpacking humility: Leader humility, leader personality, and why they matterOnline publication date: Go to citation Crossref Google Scholar4. Engaging in narrative inquiry ethically and honorablyOnline publication date: 29 March 2021. Go to citation Crossref Google Scholar5. Online publication date: Go to citation Crossref Google Scholar6. Character Strengths by Age Groups: Comparisons of Character Strengths Among Korean Age Groups and Cultural CharacteristicsOnline publication date: Go to citation Crossref Google Scholar7. Humility as an Enabler of Organizational Growth and ChangeOnline publication date: 24 June 2019. Go to citation Crossref Google Scholar8. In their humble opinion: How expressions of humility affect superiors’ assessments of leadership potential in the US ArmyOnline publication date: 5 September 2018. Go to citation Crossref Google Scholar9. How humble is your company culture? And, why does it matter?Online publication date: Go to citation Crossref Google Scholar10. Online publication date: Go to citation Crossref Google Scholar11. Understanding Humility and Its Role in Relational TherapyOnline publication date: 12 January 2014. Go to citation Crossref Google Scholar12. The Effects of Character Strengths on Well-being and Adaptive Coping Style of AdolescentsOnline publication date: Go to citation Crossref Google Scholar13. Gifted and Thriving: A Deeper Understanding of Meaning of GTOnline publication date: Go to citation Crossref Google ScholarNansook Park, Christopher Peterson and Martin E. P. Seligman14. Strengths of Character and Well-Being: A Closer Look at Hope and ModestyOnline publication date: 1 June 2005. Go to citation Crossref Google Scholar Volume 23Issue 5Oct 2004 Information© Guilford Publications Inc.PDF download