title: Scoring the VIA Survey of Character.
abstract: The VIA Survey of Character (VIA) is a self-report inventory designed to measure and assess 24 character strengths that are linked conceptually to six fundamental "virtues"--Wisdom and Knowledge, Courage, Humanity, Justice, Temperance, and Transcendence, as developed by Peterson and Seligman in 2004. Despite its popularity, the current presentation of the VIA is not easy to score; researchers must either use a limited online scoring facility or must use outdated scoring keys. This paper presents a full description of the scoring key.
authors.affiliation: School of Psychology, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 30, Hobart TAS 7001, Australia. diamondm@utas.edu.au
authors.forename: Mark R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Diamond
authors.forename: Angela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: O'Brien-Malone
authors.forename: Rosalind J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Woodworth
mesh_terms: D002605:Character; D006801:Humans; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data