The structure of virtue: An empirical investigation of the dimensionality of the virtues in action inventory of strengths

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 714-719

  Shryack, Jessica ^a   Steger, Michael F ^b   Krueger, Robert F ^c   Kallie, Christopher S ^d  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Character strengths; Factor analysis; Positive psychology; VIA IS; Virtues

Indexed keywords

EID: 77349100565     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2010.01.007     Document Type: Article

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