Calibration Sample |
Replication Sample |
|||||
Number
of Items |
Number of Response Categories |
Alpha |
Alpha, Polychoric Transform |
Alpha |
Alpha, Polychoric Transform |
|
Appreciation of Beauty |
11 |
4 |
.79 |
.83 |
.78 |
.83 |
Capacity for Love |
11 |
4 |
.73 |
.83 |
.77 |
.84 |
Citizenship/Teamwork |
13 |
5 |
.65 |
.66 |
.72 |
.75 |
Curiosity |
11 |
4 |
.75 |
.80 |
.74 |
.79 |
Equity/Fairness |
14 |
4 |
.74 |
.82 |
.75 |
.82 |
Forgiveness/Mercy |
11 |
4 |
.84 |
.86 |
.83 |
.87 |
Gratitude |
12 |
4 |
.78 |
.85 |
.79 |
.85 |
Hope/Optimism |
10 |
4 |
.79 |
.85 |
.82 |
.87 |
Humor/Playfulness |
14 |
4 |
.88 |
.91 |
.87 |
.91 |
Industry/Perseverance/Persistence |
13 |
4 |
.88 |
.91 |
.87 |
.90 |
Integrity/Honesty/Authenticity |
14 |
4 |
.71 |
.78 |
.71 |
.77 |
Judgment/Open-mindedness |
11 |
4 |
.78 |
.83 |
.76 |
.81 |
Kindness/Generosity |
11 |
4 |
.79 |
.85 |
.81 |
.86 |
Leadership |
12 |
4 |
.79 |
.84 |
.74 |
.80 |
Love of Learning |
10 |
4 |
.77 |
.84 |
.77 |
.84 |
Modesty/Humility |
9 |
4 |
.62 |
.68 |
.64 |
.69 |
Originality/Creativity |
10 |
4 |
.85 |
.89 |
.83 |
.88 |
Perspective/Wisdom |
11 |
4 |
.83 |
.87 |
.81 |
.86 |
Prudence |
9 |
4 |
.78 |
.83 |
.78 |
.83 |
Self-regulation/Self-control |
11 |
5 |
.75 |
.80 |
.73 |
.78 |
Social/Personal/Emotional Intelligence |
12 |
4 |
.84 |
.89 |
.82 |
.87 |
Spirituality/Religiousness |
7 |
4 |
.89 |
.93 |
.88 |
.93 |
Valor/Bravery/Courage |
10 |
4 |
.75 |
.81 |
.74 |
.80 |
Zest/Enthusiasm/Vitality |
12 |
4 |
.84 |
.88 |
.83 |
.87 |
Mean |
.80 |
.84 |
.80 |
.84 |
||
Standard Deviation |
.06 |
.05 |
.06 |
.05 |
||
IPIP
representations of the Values in Action Inventory of Strengths
(VIA-IS), are based on a preliminary version of the VIA-IS provided by
Christopher Peterson in June 2001 and described in Peterson and
Seligman (2003). The 240 items in the VIA-IS, plus 102 of Peterson’s
items that were not included in the VIA-IS, were revised to give them
the standard format of IPIP items (short phrases with no leading
pronoun). Since the 2001 version, the VIA Institute on Character
has revised the VIA-IS several times; the Institute provides the more
recent versions of the VIA-IS to researchers upon request. The
Institute's current VIA-IS assessment suite is available at: https://www.viacharacter.org/researchers/assessments/ . du Plessis, G. A., & de Bruin, G. P. (2015). Using Rasch modelling to examine the international personality item pool (IPIP) values in action (VIA) measure of character strengths. Journal of Psychology in Africa, 25, 512-521. Peterson, C., & Seligman, M. E. (2003). Character strengths before and after September 11. Psychological Science, 14, 381-384. |
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