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Clínica y Salud
On-line version ISSN 2174-0550Print version ISSN 1130-5274
Abstract
AZANEDO, Carolina M.; FERNANDEZ-ABASCAL, Enrique G. and BARRACA, Jorge. Character strengths in Spain: validation of the Values in Action Inventory of Strengths (VIA-IS) in a Spanish sample. Clínica y Salud [online]. 2014, vol.25, n.2, pp.123-130. ISSN 2174-0550. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clysa.2014.06.002.
The Values in Action Inventory of Strengths (VIA-IS; Peterson, Park, & Seligman, 2005) is a self-report questionnaire that measures 24 widely valued strengths of character. In this paper we present the psychometric properties of the Spanish translation in a sample of 1,060 adults. We analyzed its associations with life satisfaction and positive and negative affect, and examined its factorial structure. Data on the prevalence and demographic correlates of the character strengths are described. The results indicated that the 24 subscales had satisfactory reliability (mean α = .81, mean corrected item-total correlations = .50). Correlations of the VIA-IS subscales with life satisfaction and affect replicated findings from earlier studies and supported the construct validity of the scale. Factor analysis justified the five-dimensions of the original instrument.
Keywords : Character strengths; Spanish sample; VIA-IS; Virtue; Positive psychology; Well-being; Positive affect.