Strengths of character and well-being

被引:828
作者
Park, N
Pererson, C
Seligman, MEP
机构
[1] Univ Michigan, Dept Psychol, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA
[2] Univ Rhode Isl, Kingston, RI 02881 USA
[3] Univ Penn, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
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10.1521/jscp.23.5.603.50748
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B849 [应用心理学];
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040203 ;
摘要
We investigated the relationship between various character strengths and life satisfaction among 5,299 adults from three Internet samples using the Values in Action Inventory of Strengths. Consistently and robustly associated with life satisfaction were hope, zest, gratitude, love, and curiosity. Only weakly associated with life satisfaction, in contrast, were modesty and the intellectual strengths of appreciation of beauty, creativity, judgment, and love of learning. In general, the relationship between character strengths and life satisfaction was monotonic, indicating that excess on any one character strength does not diminish life satisfaction.
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页数:17
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