Health promotion and positive psychology both focus on the positive aspects of health, and share a view in which the prevention of health problems are as important as repairing damage. Whereas much is known about how to promote physical health, research is now also emerging on how to promote mental health. One way of elevating mental well-being, is through focusing on personal virtues and character strengths. This study used data collected from the Authentic Happiness web site, and investigated different aspects of the relative prevalence of the VIA character strengths in the Nordic countries (N = 1601). The main findings indicated six categories of character strengths, which in part correspond to the theoretical classification of the stren...
Background and Aim:This study aimed to explain the relationship between the virtues and strengths of...
This study is a systematic review of the Values in Action (VIA) model of virtues and strengths and i...
Experts in the field of education are increasingly emphasizing the importance of children's well-bei...
Health promotion and positive psychology both focus on the positive aspects of health, and share a v...
Over a long time psychology was focusing on human frailties and mental diseases. In 1998, positive p...
Character strengths are positive, morally valued traits of personality. This study aims at assessing...
Positive Psychology is an approach that is more recently being used in the lives of individuals to p...
Why are certain character strengths more associated with life satisfaction than others? A sample of ...
Quality of life is often defined in terms of happiness. Happiness can be divided into two components...
Positive psychology emphasizes that there is as a strong relationship between an individual's emotio...
The study compares the impact of character strengths-based positive interventions in a sample of 178...
Character strengths have been defined as positive traits associated with individual differences. It...
Positive psychology has reclaimed character and virtue as legitimate topics of investigation for soc...
As is well known, the characteristics of being human are important to all of us because they signify...
This is the third in a series of articles that explores the meaning of positive psychology and the i...
Background and Aim:This study aimed to explain the relationship between the virtues and strengths of...
This study is a systematic review of the Values in Action (VIA) model of virtues and strengths and i...
Experts in the field of education are increasingly emphasizing the importance of children's well-bei...
Health promotion and positive psychology both focus on the positive aspects of health, and share a v...
Over a long time psychology was focusing on human frailties and mental diseases. In 1998, positive p...
Character strengths are positive, morally valued traits of personality. This study aims at assessing...
Positive Psychology is an approach that is more recently being used in the lives of individuals to p...
Why are certain character strengths more associated with life satisfaction than others? A sample of ...
Quality of life is often defined in terms of happiness. Happiness can be divided into two components...
Positive psychology emphasizes that there is as a strong relationship between an individual's emotio...
The study compares the impact of character strengths-based positive interventions in a sample of 178...
Character strengths have been defined as positive traits associated with individual differences. It...
Positive psychology has reclaimed character and virtue as legitimate topics of investigation for soc...
As is well known, the characteristics of being human are important to all of us because they signify...
This is the third in a series of articles that explores the meaning of positive psychology and the i...
Background and Aim:This study aimed to explain the relationship between the virtues and strengths of...
This study is a systematic review of the Values in Action (VIA) model of virtues and strengths and i...
Experts in the field of education are increasingly emphasizing the importance of children's well-bei...