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أﺣﻤﺪ ﻣﺠﺮﯾﺔ.د.ﻟﻼطﻼع ﻋﻠﻰ ﻣﻠﺨﺺ اﻟﺒﺤﺚ ﯾﺮﺟﻰ اﻟﺮﺟﻮع اﻟﻰ ﻣﻠﺨﺺ اﻟﺒﺎﺣﺚ اﻟﺮﺋﯿﺲ ا
(5) AlAhmadi, A., & Bretherton, R. (2021). Character Strengths in Qatar: A Psychometric
Evaluation of the VIA-IS Short Form and the Correlations with Subjective Wellbeing. European
Journal
of
Applied
Positive
Psychology,
5,
25,
1-14.
https://www.nationalwellbeingservice.org/volumes/volume-5-2021/volume-5-article-25/
Background: Our research aimed to broaden the viability assessment of the Values In ActionInventory of Strengths (VIA-IS) by validating the Arabic version of the short form using a cohort
of university students to reveal the Qatari character strengths. Methodology: 1336 participants
completed the short form of the VIA-IS, the Satisfaction with Life Scale and Positive and Negative
Affect Schedule. The study analyzed the psychometric properties of the VIA-IS Arabic version and
assessed its associations with measures of subjective wellbeing. Results: Moderate reliabilities
were noted for most of the 24 subscales. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses revealed a
four-factor solution. A significant effect of age was found on love of learning, perspective,
prudence, and spirituality. Women scored higher than men on love, forgiveness, appreciation of
beauty and excellence, and spirituality, whereas men attained higher scores on bravery. Discussion:
The psychometric characteristics are compatible with findings from several studies that used the
VIA-IS long version. The correlates of the Qatari version of VIA-120 with life satisfaction
corroborated the results of past investigations. The latter also substantiated positive associations of
the VIA-120 subscales with positive and negative affect as well as the presence of more similarities
than differences in the occurrence of strengths among women and men. Conclusions: We
recommend using the longer version of the VIA-IS in the Qatari context. Understanding how the
24 VIA character strengths are connected to each other in a comprehensive, structural model, helps
to depict the number of qualities that are required to explicate virtuous character. Keywords: VIA
Inventory of Strengths, Qatari sample, Subjective Wellbeing, Character Strengths
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