Character Strengths and Virtues: A Handbook and Classification

By Christopher Peterson, Martin E. P. Seligman. 2004

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Positive education: positive psychology and classroom interventions (2009, positive): “The programme targets strengths (e.g., kindness, cour-age, wisdom, perseverance) that are described in the VIA classification (Peterson & Seligman, 2004) and that are valued across cultures and throughout history (Peterson & Seligman, 2004; Dahlsgaard et al ., 2005).”
The role of personal values in the charismatic leadership of corporate managers: A model and preliminary field study (2005, background): “Bass and House’s thoughts are echoed in the emerging literatures on positive psychology and authentic leadership which highlight values as corresponding to character strengths demonstrated through behaviors that put ideals into action (Peterson & Seligman, 2004).”
Effects of a Strengths Intervention on General and Work-Related Well-Being: The Mediating Role of Positive Affect (2017, methodology): “Strengths interventions have been proposed as a suitable tool to influence both engagement and burnout (Schaufeli and Salanova 2010; Chan 2010), because employing strengths is an energizing process (Peterson and Seligman 2004) that renews vigor and counteracts exhaustion (Schaufeli et al. 2002).”
A new structural model for the study of adult playfulness: Assessment and exploration of an understudied individual differences variable (2017, background): “Peterson and Seligman (2004) see playfulness (used synonymously with humor) as strength of character assigned to the virtue of Transcendence (i.e., using humor/playfulness to forge connections to the larger universe and provide meaning).”
Genetic and environmental influences on the positive traits of the values in action classification, and biometric covariance with normal personality (2007, methodology): “Among the principal aims of the VIA project is encouraging the expression and cultivation of character strengths (Peterson & Seligman, 2004).”
The Latent Structure of Trait Curiosity: Evidence for Interest and Deprivation Curiosity Dimensions (2006, background): “A second recently developed general, positive trait measure of curiosity is the Curiosity and Exploration Inventory (CEI; Kashdan et al., 2004), a seven-item scale that emphasizes the role of curiosity as a facilitator of personal-growth (Kashdan, 2002, 2004).”
Funders' positive affective reactions to entrepreneurs' crowdfunding pitches: The influence of perceived product creativity and entrepreneurial passion (2017, background): “Consistent with this point, creativity has been found to be one of twenty-four basic virtues that are valued across all major countries and cultures; and individuals tend to experience positive emotion when observing creative performances or creations (Peterson and Seligman, 2004).”
Rediscovering the Later Version of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs: Self-Transcendence and Opportunities for Theory, Research, and Unification (2006, background): “Spirituality and transcendent experience are domains addressed by positive psychology (Pargament & Mahoney, 2002; Peterson & Seligman, 2004).”
The Servant Leadership Survey: Development and Validation of a Multidimensional Measure (2010, background): “These constructs all ‘‘represent a feeling of identification with and sense of obligation to a common good that includes the self but that stretches beyond one’s own self-interest’’ (Peterson and Seligman 2004, p. 370).”
Positive Organizational Behavior in the Workplace (2007, background): “Finally, most of the character strengths and virtues identified in positive psychology and POS are intended to have terminal value in and of themselves and do not necessarily have an impact on work-related outcomes, as in the case of POB (see Cameron et al., 2003; C. Peterson & Seligman, 2004).”
The Virtuous Influence of Ethical Leadership Behavior: Evidence from the Field (2009, background): “…of ethical leadership behavior as defined by Brown et al. (2005), and used in this research, does not encompass all aspects of virtue but is consistent with aspects of character virtues such as love, faithfulness, temperance, and justice (Peterson and Seligman, 2004; Wright and Goodstein, 2007).”
Happiness, positive psychology and the program of neoliberal governmentality (2011, background): “…he termed the Character Strengths and Virtues Handbook, or CSV, which he proposes as positive psychology’s alternative to the inventory of pathological states numbered in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, or DSM (Maddux, 2002; Seligman, 2002; Peterson and Seligman, 2004).”