Surveys

As a scientific institute, VIA offers well-validated psychological assessments and develops new strengths assessments related to the science of character development.  Please help us validate these important surveys by taking them.  Those in development are clearly marked. 

VIA Inventory of Strengths (VIA Survey) assesses strengths of character, 240 questions, 30-40 minutes, for adults 18+. Authored by Chris Peterson.  Please click here for psychometric information on this instrument. 

VIA Youth Inventory of Strengths Survey measures strengths of character, 198 questions, 40-50 minutes, ages 11-17. Authored by Nansook Park.

Visit the VIA Me! website to take the VIA Inventory of Strengths (VIA Survey) now!
Thanks to VIA Translators
VIA is fortunate to have partnered with a number of highly qualified individuals to translate the VIA Survey into several languages.  The generosity of these and other scholars and positive psychologists from around the globe is unparalleled. Our deepest thanks to:

Afrikaans: Cynthia Pury
Croatian: Ingrid Brdar
Danish: Ebbe Lavendt, Lene Thomsen and Ulla Schade
Farsi: Ali Atashroo, Mansour Khajehpour, Hormoz Shariat, and Iran Alive Ministries
French: Eoin Gaynard and Nad Phillips
German: Wilibald Ruch
Hebrew: Hadassah Littman-Ovadia and Shiri Lavy, Ariel University Center of Samaria
Italian: Federico Colombo
Japanese: Kaori Uno
Korean: Young-gun Ko and Jin-young Kim
Portuguese: Bruna Seibel and Silvia Koller
Spanish: Alfredo Berges
Swedish: Mats Olausson
Turkish: Omer Faruk Kabakci and Tuncay Ergene; Ozanser Ugurlu
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