This handbook of human strengths and virtues is the first progress report
from a prestigious group of researchers in the Values in Action Classification
Project, which has undertaken a systematic classification and measurement of
universal strengths and virtues.This groundbreaking handbook of human strengths and virtues is the first
progress report from a prestigious group of researchers in the Values in Action
Classification Project, which has undertaken a systematic classification and
measurement of universal strengths and virtues. This landmark work makes
possible for the first time a science of human strengths that goes beyond
armchair philosophy and political science. The handbook begins with the
background of the VIA classification scheme and defines terms before describing
in thorough detail the current state of knowledge with respect to each of the
24 character strengths in the classification. Addressing issues of assessment
and measurement, practical applications, and directions for future research,
this work will demand the attention of any psychologist who is interested in
positive psychology and its relevance to clinical, personality, and social
psychology.
