Character strengths in the United Kingdom: The VIA Inventory of Strengths

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 341-351

  Alex Linley, P ^a   Maltby, John ^b   Wood, Alex M ^a   Joseph, Stephen ^c   Harrington, Susan ^b   Peterson, Christopher ^d   Park, Nansook ^e   Seligman, Martin E P ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Character strengths; UK sample; VIA Inventory of Strengths

Indexed keywords

EID: 34047125805     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2006.12.004     Document Type: Article

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