Character strengths in Israel: Hebrew adaptation of the VIA inventory of strengths

European Journal of Psychological Assessment

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 41-50

  Littman Ovadia, Hadassah ^a   Lavy, Shiri ^a  

^a ARIEL UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Character strengths; Hebrew VIA; Israeli sample; VIA Inventory of Strengths

Indexed keywords

EID: 84555190730     PISSN: 10155759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1015-5759/a000089     Document Type: Article

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