A Study Of Various Character Strengths And Resilience Among 20’s, 40’s And 60’s Age Group Of Males And Females

Research Article
Vipan Chaudhary
DOI: 
http://dx.doi.org/10.24327/ijrsr.2017.0808.0639
Subject: 
science
KeyWords: 
Character Strength, Virtues, Resilience
Abstract: 

The investigation is conducted to study various character strengths and resilience among 20’s, 40’s and 60’s age group of males and females. A sample of 60 people was collected which consisted of males and females from age group of 20’s, 60’s, 80’s. The distribution was as follows: 10 males (age group 20’s), 10 females (age group 20’s), 10 males (age group 40’s), 10 females (age group 40’s), 10 males (age group 80’s), 10 females (age group 80’s). Character strengths was recorded using - VIA survey of character strengths, Petersen, C., & Seligman, M.(2004). Character strengths and virtues: A Handbook and Classification. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Resilience was recorded using- The 14- item Resilience Scale (RS-14), Gail M. Wagnild &Heather M. Young (1993).The statistical operations were performed using the SPSS software.