Character Strengths and Virtues: A Handbook and Classification. Christopher Peterson, Martin Seligman

Character Strengths and Virtues: A Handbook and Classification


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Character Strengths and Virtues: A Handbook and Classification Christopher Peterson, Martin Seligman
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA




In 2004 Martin Seligman and Christopher Peterson published their “manual of sanities,” titled Character Strengths and Virtues: A Handbook and Classification. Research on character strengths by Chris Peterson and colleagues has been monumental to the field of positive psychology and has ushered in a new science of character that involves a classification system (VIA Classification) and a scientific measurement tool . (2004) Character Strengths and Virtues: A Handbook and Classification. Character Strengths and Virtues: A Handbook and Classification. [2] We acknowledge the great influence of the work by pioneers in researching character: Peterson, C., and Seligman, M. Washington: American Psychological Association and Oxford University Press. Values in Action--Character Strengths and Virtues: A Classification Handbook. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Character Strengths and Virtues - A Handbook and Classification. (2004) Character strengths and virtues: A handbook and classification. They are described in the book, "Values in Action: For many, this gives a deep sense of gratification. Niemiec, Rashid, and Spinella (2012) suggest that this integration creates a synergy of mutual benefit that can foster a virtuous circle in which mindful awareness boosts strengths use which, in turn, enlivens mindfulness. Character strengths and virtue are so important that they have become the focus of the first major project in positive psychology, the identification and classification of the character strengths and virtues that are endorsed across cultural traditions and time. New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press.