Editorial: VIA Character Strengths: Theory, Research and Practice

Littman-Ovadia, Hadassah; Dubreuil, Philippe; Meyers, Maria Christina; Freidlin, Pavel

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2021.653941

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“…Similar shifts are also found in counselling and therapeutic interventions for children and adolescents (Quinlan et al, 2012). The field where various forms of research and practices based on positive psychology appear is becoming increasingly more widespread (Littman Ovadia et al, 2021). The narrative is also changing in some areas, such as in inclusive pedagogy, where people with disabilities are people with special needs, and the disabled become disadvantaged people in the labour market.…”

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confidence: 91%

“…Career counselling is largely based on psychology (Savickas, 2017), although the influence of other disciplines is present, especially sociology and economics, in the history of career counselling and theories (Drobnič, 2018). Littman et al (2021) state that this paradigm of power or strengths of the individual is drawn from psychology itself, specifically positive psychology, for the purpose of optimal human functioning in the whole set of life areas through the daily use of character traits. Burck et al (2014) believe that the career counsellor and school counsellor in career counselling rely more on the concept of strengths than in the field of therapeutic work, in particular mental health, which depends more on a medical model focusing on individual illness and deficiency.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Positive psychological orientations in counselling were also followed by studies on human well-being and optimal functioning (Littman-Ovadia et al, 2021). Peterson and Seligman (2004) often emerge as authors who have laid some sort of foundation for research on the question of what is and what enables and promotes the character of power and well-being of the individual.…”

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People with Special Needs and Career Development Based on Strength

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2022

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The present work deals with career counselling for people with special needs based on the paradigm of positive psychology, which is becoming increasingly relevant in counselling and therapeutic processes. It is an approach to counselling and working with clients based on the strengths of the individual and represents a paradigm shift – a departure from the approach based on deficits and weaknesses. The empirical study established the prevalence of this approach in Slovenian elementary and secondary school counsellors. The results show that this way of counselling is a new strategy for mobilising various internal sources of strength and a supportive environment, which improves the individual’s ability to achieve the best possible self-sufficient education and integration into professional and social life. However, in the case of counselling for persons with special needs, a balance needs to be achieved between a strength approach and others that focus on personal problems and weaknesses.

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People with Special Needs and Career Development Based on Strength

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2022

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“…Given the well-established finding that character strengths are associated with mental well-being and life satisfaction (Baumann et al, 2020;Harzer, 2016;Hausler et al, 2017;Littman-Ovadia et al, 2016;Littman-Ovadia et al, 2021;Wagner et al, 2020Wagner et al, , 2021, it would be worthwhile to investigate their relationships with resilience, especially in adults 70 years of age and over, as this age group has been targeted and subjected to ageism, in Québec, during the pandemic, but has also seemed to have found ways to cope with adversity (Fuller & Huseth-Zosel, 2021;López et al, 2020;Sterina et al, 2021).…”

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confidence: 99%

Character Strengths and Resilience in Older Adults during the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Chauvette,

Bolduc

et al. 2023

Can. J. Aging

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During the pandemic, older adults were perceived as a vulnerable group without considering their various strengths. This study explored the associations between character strengths and resilience, and verified if some of these could predict resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic. A sample of 92 participants (women = 79.1%), ≥ 70 years of age (mean = 75.6 years), completed an online version of the Values in Action Inventory of Strengths – Positively keyed (VIA-IS-P) to assess 24 character strengths (grouped under six virtues) and the Connor and Davidson Resilience Scale. Results showed that 20 of the 24 strengths correlated positively and significantly with resilience. A multiple regression analysis revealed that the virtues of courage and transcendence, as well as attitudes toward aging, uniquely predicted the level of resilience. Interventions should be developed to improve certain strengths (e.g., creativity, zest, hope, humor, and curiosity), while reducing ageism, in order to promote resilience.

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“…In a cross-cultural context, character is not only identified as providing a "compass of a good life" (Martínez-Martí et al, 2020;Littman-Ovadia et al, 2021) in the Western contextual findings, but also noted for its crucial value as a "compass of moral" (Shek et al, 2022a) in the Chinese traditional culture. Advocating the presence of the philosophy of Confucianism in Chinese culture as the ideal of how the Chinese deal with themselves, others, and the world, Shek et al (2013) pioneered a discourse on the relationship between adolescent mental health and the key Confucian character strengths.…”

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Self-leadership as an attribute of service leadership: Its relationship to well-being among university students in Hong Kong

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IntroductionIn the scientific literature, although conceptual models and empirical evidence have shown that leadership attributes are intimately linked to the well-being of followers, there is a lack of studies focusing on leadership in the service economy. According to the Service Leadership Theory, service leadership is a process that satisfies the needs of self, others, and systems (teams, organizations, communities, and societies) in ethical ways that is characterized by leadership competence, character, and care. With specific reference to self-leadership emphasized in service leadership, higher levels of service leadership attributes should promote personal well-being. However, the relationships between “service leadership attributes” and “well-being” in leaders at the intrapersonal level in leadership education among Chinese university students are rarely examined.MethodsIn this study, we collected data from 198 students to understand the linkages between “service leadership attributes” and “well-being” in university students taking a course on service leadership. For tracking changes in students, we collected both pretest and posttest data on validated measures of “service leadership attributes” (i.e., “knowledge,” “attitude,” and “behavior”) and “well-being” (i.e., “positive youth development attributes” and “life satisfaction”).ResultsResults showed that the posttest scores on all three domains of “service leadership attributes” as well as two dimensions of “well-being” encompassing life satisfaction and positive youth development attributes were higher than the respective pretest scores, suggesting that students experienced a shift in a positive direction after taking the course. Cross-lagged analyses showed that pretest service leadership attitude and behavior predicted posttest positive youth development attributes; pretest service leadership behavior predicted posttest life satisfaction. Pretest life satisfaction also predicted posttest service leadership behavior.DiscussionFindings suggest that there is an intimate relationship between “service leadership attributes” and “well-being” in the “pre-work” context among university students.

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Editorial: VIA Character Strengths: Theory, Research and Practice

Cited by 11 publications

References 23 publications

People with Special Needs and Career Development Based on Strength

People with Special Needs and Career Development Based on Strength

Character Strengths and Resilience in Older Adults during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Self-leadership as an attribute of service leadership: Its relationship to well-being among university students in Hong Kong

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