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VIA Surveys

1.  The VIA Survey of Character (or VIA-IS). Adults. 240 questions. 30-40 minutes to complete.
2. The VIA Youth Survey.:  Appropriate for ages 10-17. 198 questions.  40 minutes to complete.
A note on the Brief Strengths Test
The VIA Surveys are the world's most scientifically validated tools to measure strengths of character. More than 1 million people have used them world-wide.  

VIA Survey Reports

1. Free Results Report: Immediate report provided to all who take the VIA Survey or VIA Youth Survey, providing one's character strengths in top-down order, with a brief description of each strength.

2.VIA Interpretive Report (VIR) An optional, detailed report on one's character strengths profile, providing numeric scores for each strength,  five graphs showing different ways to consider your strengths, plus latest interventions and exercises for signature strengths. Available on VIA Survey (adult version) only.   Sample VIR
Cost of Interpretive Report
$40 full
$20 student
How to purchase: Individuals, please follow instructions in the Survey Center. Consultants may purchase multiple reports at reduced rates. Client Interpretive Reports are emailed to the consultant to review and present.  Click here for: Consultant discounts
Students:  Email amandar@viacharacter.org to request a student discount code. A student email box is required.

Questions? lindap@viacharacter.org

A Note on the Brief Strengths Test: The VIA Institute has recently taken down the Brief Strengths Test, because it is too brief for meaningful individual use. We did this at the request of Dr. Christopher Peterson, VIA's Science Director and author of the Brief Strengths Test and the VIA-IS (also called the VIA Survey of Character), and other researchers in the field of Positive Psychology.

We hope everyone can carve out the 30-40 minutes needed to take the full VIA Survey - or it can be taken in stages. Just stop when you want to, then the next time you log into the survey center, you'll see a notice saying you've started taking the VIA-IS. Click that link and you'll be taken back to where you stopped.   Knowing our VIA strengths - what is best about us as human beings - is powerful knowledge. 

The VIA Survey and VIA Youth Survey are free of charge to all through a grant from the Manuel D. and Rhoda Mayerson Foundation, Cincinnati, Ohio.  The VIA-IS  was created by Dr. Christopher Peterson.  The VIA Youth Survey was authored by Dr. Nansook Park.