Relationship between character strengths and personality traits

NORONHA, Ana Paula Porto; CAMPOS, Roberta Ramazotti Ferraz de

doi:10.1590/1982-02752018000100004

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INVITED EDITOR: Wagner de Lara Machado • Estud. psicol. 35 (1) • Jan-Mar 2018 • https://doi.org/10.1590/1982-02752018000100004 copy

Relationship between character strengths and personality traits

Relações entre forças de caráter e traços de personalidade

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Abstract

The objective of this study was to determine which Character Strengths can be predicted by Personality traits using the instruments Forças de Caráter (Character Strengths Scale) and Bateria Fatorial de Personalidade (Factor Personality Questionnaire). A total of 217 university students, with an average age of 22 years participated in this study; 53% were female. The results indicated that the strengths Vitality, Gratitude, Persistence, Spirituality, Kindness, Humor, Social Intelligence, Citizenship, Fairness, and Creativity were best explained by the traits Extraversion, Agreeableness, and Neuroticism. Moreover, Extraversion and Agreeableness were the traits that were most often associated with the Character Strengths. The findings were discussed in the light of relevant literature, and further studies were recommended.

Keywords
Evaluation; Personality; Positive psychology

Character Strengths	Personality Traits	Unstandardized coefficients		Standardized coefficients	t	^p
Character Strengths	Personality Traits	B	SD	Beta	t	^p
	Variable	2.470	1.485		1.663	0.098
Vitality	Extraversion	1.407	0.152	0.481	9.273	0.001
	Neuroticism	-0.920	0.151	-0.331	-6.111	0.001
	Agreeableness	0.630	0.211	0.160	2.987	0.003
	Variable	-2.300	1.559		-1.475	0.142
Gratitude	Agreeableness	1.974	0.215	0.495	9.189	0.001
	Extraversion	1.085	0.166	0.366	6.532	0.001
	Openness	-0.569	0.221	-0.146	-2.575	0.011
	Variable	1.429	1.223		1.168	0.244
Persistence	Extraversion	0.938	0.118	0.435	7.945	0.001
	Conscientiousness	0.612	0.128	0.272	4.775	0.001
	Neuroticism	-0.260	0.118	-0.127	-2.213	0.028
	Agreeableness	0.322	0.161	0.113	2.001	0.047

Character Strengths	Personality Traits	Unstandardized coefficients		Standardized coefficients	t	p
Character Strengths	Personality Traits	B	SD	Beta	t	p
	Variable	-3.963	2.161		-1.833	0.068
Spirituality	Agreeableness	2.053	0.270	0.445	7.612	0.001
	Extraversion	1.338	0.203	0.389	6.586	0.001
	Openness	-1.016	0.268	-0.226	-3.795	0.001
	Neuroticism	0.443	0.190	0.136	2.338	0.020
	Variable	-2.668	1.109		-2.406	0.017
Kindness	Agreeableness	1.793	0.190	0.525	9.458	0.001
Kindness	Extraversion	0.668	0.141	0.263	4.745	0.001
	Variable	-1.052	1.139		-0.924	0.356
Humor	Extraversion	1.487	0.144	0.567	10.329	0.001
Humor	Agreeableness	0.624	0.195	0.176	3.207	0.002
	Variable	-2.661	1.303		-2.042	0.042
Social Inteligence	Extraversion	1.311	0.157	0.483	8.370	0.001
	Agreeableness	0.608	0.214	0.166	2.834	0.005
	Conscientiousness	0.406	0.196	0.142	2.402	0.017
	Variable	-3.890	1.293		-3.008	0.003
Citizenship	Conscientiousness	0.924	0.167	0.328	5.531	0.001
	Extraversion	0.720	0.155	0.269	4.637	0.001
	Agreeableness	0.864	0.211	0.240	4.094	0.001
Variable		-0.266	1.082		-0.246	0.086
Fairness	Conscientiousness	0.860	0.140	0.368	6.149	0.001
	Agreeableness	0.858	0.177	0.287	4.855	0.001
	Extraversion	0.273	0.130	0.123	2.095	0.037
	Variable	-0.879	1.374		-0.640	0.523
Criativity	Extraversion	0.801	0.160	0.314	4.998	0.001
	Conscientiousness	0.568	0.171	0.206	3.314	0.001
	Openness	0.673	0.210	0.200	3.211	0.002
	Neuroticism	-0.329	0.152	-0.134	-2.170	0.031

Character strengths	Extraversion	Conscientiousness	Agreeableness	Openness	Neuroticism	R ²
Vitality	+		+		-	0.446
Gratitude	+		+	-		0.411
Persistence	+	+	+		-	0.390
Spirituality	+		+	-	+	0.364
Kindness	+		+			0.359
Humor	+		+			0.363
Social intelligence	+	+	+			0.325
Citizenship	+	+	+			0.310
Fairness	+	+	+			0.299
Creativity	+	+		+	-	0.295

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[1] Note: +: positive; -: negative.