Study Shoshani & Slone (2013): study IL 2009

Public

Midle school pupils, Israel, followed 1 year 2010?

Survey name

Unnamed study

Sample

Respondents

N = 417

Non Response

Assessment

Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
Participants were examined: - middle of seventh grade (Time 1) - middle of eighth grade (Time 2).

Correlate

Authors's Label

Strengths of character

Our Classification

Error Estimates

a)alpha =.83 b)alpha =.81 c)alpha = .77; d)alpha = .78.

Remarks

The VIA Inventory of Strengths for Youth (Dahlsgaard 2005).

Distribution

a)M= 3.71 ; SD=0.53;
b)M= 3.48; SD=0,59;
c)M= 3.56; SD=0.68;
d)M= 3.60; SD=0.58.

Operationalization

Self-report on 127 questions (e.g.,
- "I am interested in all kinds of things" (curiosity)
-  "I think it is important to write or call people to say
thank you for gifts or nice things they have done for me" (gratitude)
that measures 24 different students' strengths of character pertaining to four scales:
a) temperance,
b) intellectual,
c) transcendence,
d) interpersonal strengths.

Rated on:
1- Not like me at all
...
5 - Very much like me.

Observed Relation with Happiness