Convergence of Character Strengths in American and Japanese Young Adults

By S. Shimai, K. Otake, Nansook Park, Christopher Peterson, Martin E. P. Seligman. 2006

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Character strengths and well-being in Croatia: An empirical investigation of structure and correlates (2010, background): “Prior research shows that not all strengths are equal and curiosity, gratitude, hope, and the capacity to love have particularly strong links to well-being (Park et al., 2004; Shimai et al., 2006).”
Character strengths in fifty-four nations and the fifty US states (2006, background): “Comparisons between the weighted US profile here and the profiles of a Japanese sample ( ¼ 0.74) (Shimai et al., 2006) and a German-speaking Swiss sample ( ¼ 0.67) (W. Ruch, personal communication, March 17, 2004) completing paper-and-pencil versions of the VIA-IS in their native languages showed…”
Strengths of character, orientations to happiness, and life satisfaction (2007, result): “1 Regardless, in most of our previous research, we found strong cultural and national similarities in the prevalence and correlates of character strengths (Matthews, Eid, Kelly, Bailey, & Peterson, 2006 ; Park et al, 2006 ; Shimai, Otake, Park, Peterson, & Seligman, 2006 ), so the present result”
The Application of Signature Character Strengths and Positive Experiences at Work (2013, background): “A variety of studies demonstrate its reliability and validity (e.g., Huta and Hawley 2010; Peterson et al. 2005a; Shimai et al. 2006).”
Interesting things and curious people: Exploration and engagement as transient states and enduring strengths. (2009, background): “Thus, it might be surprising to some that of the character strengths, curiosity was in the top five most strongly linked to global life satisfaction, work satisfaction, living a pleasurable life, living an engaging life, and living a meaningful life (Brdar & Kashdan, 2009; Park, Peterson, & Seligman”
Strengths Use as a Predictor of Well-Being and Health-Related Quality of Life (2011, result): “(2006) found that the most commonly-endorsed VIA strengths (frequently top ranked) included kindness, fairness, honesty, gratitude, and judgment and the lesser-endorsed VIA strengths (frequently bottom ranked) included prudence, modesty, and self-regulation, and that with the exception of religiousn”