Finding character strengths through loss: an extension of Peterson and Seligman (2003)

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Finding character strengths through loss: an extension of Peterson and Seligman (2003)

People can experience positive changes even in the midst of adversity and loss. We investigated character strengths following three recent shooting tragedies. Using an Internet database of respondents to the Values in Action Inventory of Strengths (VIA-IS), we compared responses from three groups of...

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Main Authors:	Schueller, Stephen M., Jayawickreme, Eranda, Blackie, Laura E.R., Forgeard, Marie, J.C., Roepke, Ann Marie
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis 2014
Subjects:	Character strengths Posttraumatic growth VIA-IS Development Traumatic events
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/37059/

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