Assessment
name:
Values in Action – Inventory of Strengths –
Revised (VIA-IS-R)
Scale
overview: The Values
in Action – Inventory of Strengths – Revised (VIA-IS-R) is a 192-item
self-report inventory of 24 character strengths associated with one of 6 virtues.
The
VIA-IS-R is a revision of the earlier VIA based on the theory developed by
Peterson and Seligman (2004). As a measure that increases self-awareness using
questions to identify thinking, feeling, and behavior, the VIA measures the
central core Self of the SCOPES model along with common psychological
functioning of Cognition, Emotion, and Observable behavior patterns albeit, the
instrument relies on self-report.
Authors: Martin Seligman and Chris Peterson (2004)
Robert McGrath wrote the technical manual for the revised
edition (2019).
Response
Type: Items are
rated on a 7-point scale of agreement from Very Strongly Disagree to Very
Strongly Agree.
Scales
and items
There are
24 character strengths. The strengths are linked to 6 virtues.
Psychometric
properties
The technical
report provides reliability values based on large scale samples. The values
range above .76. The report also includes validity data. Many other analyses
are available in the research literature. Readers should be aware of which
version has been used because there is the revised version along with shorter versions.
Availability:
The VIA-IS-R
is available online. The measure is free and available to the public and
researchers (https://www.viacharacter.org/account/register
).
The VIA is
available in 40 translations. There are shorter versions and versions for children
and youth. See the VIA website for explanations of the different versions.
References
for the scale
Hill, P.C., DiFonzo, N., Jones, C.E., Bell, J.S. (2023).
Measurement at the Intersection of Positive Psychology and the Psychology of
Religion/Spirituality. In: Davis, E.B., Worthington Jr., E.L., Schnitker, S.A.
(eds) Handbook of Positive Psychology, Religion, and Spirituality. Springer,
Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-10274-5_7 [ On AMAZON ]
McGrath, R. E. (2019). Technical report: The VIA
Assessment Suite for Adults: Development and initial evaluation (rev. ed.).
Cincinnati, OH: VIA Institute on Character.
Peterson, C., & Seligman, M. E. P. (2004). Character
strengths and virtues: A classification and handbook. Washington DC:
American Psychological Association
Other
notes
Peter Hill
and his colleagues (2023) have shown how VIA virtues and the associated character
strengths may be associated with one or more of 200 measures of religiosity and
spirituality.
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Post Author
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