WELCOME to the Values in Action Institute and the VIA Character Strengths Survey. The VIA Survey was developed to scientifically measure a person’s character strengths. Knowing our personal character strengths –– what’s best about us as human beings –- is powerful knowledge. It lets us understand and nurture what’s right with us vs. emphasizing our flaws. This idea is the essence of Positive Psychology. Login using the form below to take the VIA-IS.