title: Brief Report: Character Strengths in Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder Without Intellectual Impairment.
abstract: In the current study, we assessed character strengths in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD, n = 32) and neurotypical controls (n = 32) using the Values in Action Inventory (VIA-IS, Peterson and Seligman 2004) and explored associations with levels of satisfaction with life (SWL). The most frequently endorsed signature strengths (i.e., five top-ranked strengths within an individual's strength ranking) were emotional (humour, love) and interpersonal strengths (kindness, fairness) in the control group, the most frequently endorsed signature strengths in the ASD group were intellectual strengths (open-mindedness, creativity, love of learning). Interpersonal and emotional strengths had, however, the highest positive associations with SWL in the ASD group.
authors.affiliation: Cluster of Excellence "Languages of Emotion", Junior Research Group "Understanding Interaffectivity", Freie Universität Berlin, Habelschwerdter Allee 45, 14195, Berlin, Germany. jennifer.kirchner@hu-berlin.de.|Berlin School of Mind and Brain, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Luisenstraße 56, 10117, Berlin, Germany. jennifer.kirchner@hu-berlin.de.
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-7095-7575
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kirchner
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology-Personality and Assessment, Universität Zürich, Binzmühlestrasse 14/7, 8050, Zurich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Willibald
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ruch
authors.affiliation: Cluster of Excellence "Languages of Emotion", Junior Research Group "Understanding Interaffectivity", Freie Universität Berlin, Habelschwerdter Allee 45, 14195, Berlin, Germany.|Berlin School of Mind and Brain, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Luisenstraße 56, 10117, Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Isabel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Dziobek
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000067877:Autism Spectrum Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D002605:Character; D004644:Emotions / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D057566:Self Report / Q000592:standards; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Adults; Autism spectrum disorder; Character strengths; Satisfaction with life