The development of a short measure of character strength

European Journal of Psychological Assessment

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 95-101

  Furnham, Adrian ^a   Lester, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b RICHARD STOCKTON COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Character strengths; Core self evaluations; Gender differences; Personality; Virtues

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859073750     PISSN: 10155759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1015-5759/a000096     Document Type: Article

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