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Values in Action Inventory of Strengths (VIA-IS): Adaptation and Validation of the German Version and the Development of a Peer-Rating Form

Ruch, Willibald, Proyer, René T., Harzer, Claudia, Park, Nansook, Peterson, Christopher, Seligman, Martin E. P.·2010·Journal of Individual Differences
DOI 10.1027/1614-0001/a000022
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The Values in Action Inventory of Strengths (VIA-IS; Peterson, Park, & Seligman, 2005a ) is an English-language self-report questionnaire that measures 24 widely-valued character strengths. The present paper describes the creation and adaptation of the German version of the VIA-IS and its peer-rating form using a sample of 1,674 adults. The 24 subscales had high reliability (median α = .77; median corrected item-total correlations = .45) and high stability across 9 months (median test-retest correlation = .73). The VIA-IS peer form also had high reliability (median α = .81). Self- and peer-ratings of strengths converged as expected (median correlation = .40), and on average ordered the strengths in the same way, correlating .88 across the 24 strengths. There were low to modest correlations of the VIA subscales with demographic variables. Neither the VIA-IS nor the VIA-IS Peer was strongly influenced by social desirability. Correlations with three different measures of subjective well-being replicated findings from earlier studies of the original English VIA-IS and supported the validity of the scale. Furthermore, relations to self-reported behavior and contentment with various aspects of life were modest but congruent with the meaning of the scales (e.g., higher endorsement of religion among spiritual participants, less cigarette smoking among participants with higher self-regulation). Overall, the German VIA-IS and VIA-IS Peer demonstrated good psychometric properties and pr…

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  • Ruch et al. reported good internal consistencies (median = .77), stabilities (median test-retest correlation across nine months = .73), and factorial and convergent validity for the German VIA-IS.

    “Ruch et al. (2010) reported good internal consistencies (median = .77),stabilities (the median test-retest correlation across nine months was .73),and provide information on the factorial as well as convergent validity of the German form”

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Authors
Ruch, W., Proyer, R. T., Harzer, C., Park, N., Peterson, C., & Seligman, M. E. P.
Affiliations
  • University of Zurich (CH)
  • University of Michigan (US)
  • University of Pennsylvania (US)
ORCID
Venue
Journal of Individual Differences
Publisher
Hogrefe Publishing Group
Published
2010-01
Volume
31
Issue
3
Pages
138-149
ISSN
  • 1614-0001 (ISSN-L)
  • 2151-2299
DOI
10.1027/1614-0001/a000022
OpenAlex
W1895532968
Cited by
346
References
40
Citations by year
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FWCI
17.93
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Journal of Individual Differences (publishedVersion)
  • Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Leadership, Courage, and Heroism Studies
Keywords
Values in Action Inventory of Strengths, character strengths, German adaptation, peer ratings, subjective well-being, psychometric properties, self-report questionnaire, self-regulation, cigarette smoking, cross-cultural adaptation

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