What is the VIA Survey of character strengths?

The Values in Action (VIA) Survey of Character Strengths is a 240-item face-valid self-report questionnaire intended for use with adults. The measure uses 5-point Likert-style items to measure the degree to which respondents endorse items reflecting the 24 strengths of character that comprise the VIA Classification.

How many character strengths did Dr Martin Seligman come up with in total?

24 character strengths
These 24 character strengths were first identified by Martin Seligman, PhD, and Neal Mayerson, PhD. Seligman and Mayerson eventually created the Values In Action (VIA) Institute on Character, which identifies the positive character strengths that all people have (in varying degrees).

What is the difference between StrengthsFinder and CliftonStrengths?

In 2007, StrengthsFinder 2.0 was released and became the upgraded version of the assessment used today. Rather than measure a person’s behavior as DiSC assessments are designed to do, CliftonStrengths gives teams and individuals an opportunity to discover their natural patterns of thinking, feeling and behaving.

How do CliftonStrengths and the VIA Survey compare?

VIA focuses on character strengths defined as positive traits of a personality that are present at times of excellence, while CliftonStrengths identifies strengths of talents defined as any natural ability that can be developed, resulting in near-perfect performance.

What is the most common character strength?

Study found that 23 character strengths (with the only exception being humility) were significantly correlated with well-being, wherein the top 3 character strengths were hope, gratitude, and love and the lowest (still significant) were prudence, judgment, and self-regulation.

What does via stand for in character strengths?

Values in Action Inventory
The VIA Inventory of Strengths (VIA-IS), formerly known as the “Values in Action Inventory,” is a proprietary psychological assessment measure designed to identify an individual’s profile of character strengths.

What are the 6 core virtues as stated by Dr Martin Seligman?

The resulting handbook is like a manual of mental wellness. Each strength belongs to one of six groups or virtues, namely wisdom, courage, humanity, justice, temperance and transcendence.