The Character Strengths Rating Form (CSRF): Development and initial assessment of a 24-item rating scale to assess character strengths

Ruch, Willibald; Martínez-Martí, María Luisa; Proyer, Rene T; Harzer, Claudia

doi:10.1016/j.paid.2014.03.042

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Ruch, W., Martínez-Martí, M. L., Proyer, R. T., & Harzer, C. (2014). The Character Strengths Rating Form (CSRF): Development and initial assessment of a 24-item rating scale to assess character strengths. Personality and Individual Differences, 68, 53–58. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2014.03.042

Abstract

Character strengths are morally, positively, valued traits that are related to several positive life outcomes. In this study, the Character Strengths Rating Form (CSRF), a 24-item rating form of character strengths based on the classification proposed by Peterson and Seligman (2004), was developed using the data of 211 German-speaking adults. The CSRF yielded good convergence with Peterson and Seligman’s Values in Action Inventory of Strengths (VIA-IS) in terms of descriptive statistics, relationships with socio-demographic variables,