VIA Inventory of Strengths-M (VIA-IS-M)
Aligned with the VIA Institute's mission to continue to advance the science of character, and in recognizing a number of opportunities to improve the original scales, Dr. Robert McGrath, VIA Senior Scientist, has completed a substantial, 2-year revision of the VIA Inventory of Strengths, as well as the development of several new scales. These new instruments are called the VIA Assessment Suite for Adults. A Technical Report describing the VIA Assessment Suite for Adults is available. See the VIA Assessments page for more details about the virtue scales and signature strengths.
The VIA-IS-M is a briefer version of the VIA-IS-R, consisting of 96 items (4 items for each strength scale) selected on the basis of corrected item-total correlations to maximize internal consistency while including both positively and negatively keyed items to control for acquiescence bias.Twenty-four scale scores are reported as are 9 virtue scales and signature strengths.
VIA Inventory of Strengths-M (VIA-IS-M) Psychometrics
Strength | α |
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Appreciation of Beauty and Excellence | 0.82 |
Bravery | 0.74 |
Creativity | 0.85 |
Curiosity | 0.78 |
Fairness | 0.71 |
Forgiveness | 0.74 |
Gratitude | 0.75 |
Honesty | 0.78 |
Hope | 0.79 |
Humility | 0.69 |
Humor | 0.74 |
Judgment | 0.62 |
Kindness | 0.74 |
Leadership | 0.71 |
Love | 0.85 |
Love of Learning | 0.83 |
Perseverance | 0.80 |
Perspective | 0.80 |
Prudence | 0.74 |
Self-Regulation | 0.72 |
Social Intelligence | 0.76 |
Spirituality | 0.84 |
Teamwork | 0.77 |
Zest | 0.84 |
M | 0.77 |
VIA Inventory of Strengths-M (VIA-IS-M) Virtue Scale Psychometrics
Six Virtues | |
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Wisdom | 0.72 |
Courage | 0.71 |
Humanity | 0.62 |
Justice | 0.68 |
Temperance | 0.68 |
Transcendence | 0.83 |
M | 0.71 |
Three Virtues | |
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Caring | 0.78 |
Inquisitiveness | 0.79 |
Self-Control | 0.75 |
M | 0.78 |
VIA-IS-M Citation
McGrath, R. E. (2017). Technical report: The VIA Assessment Suite for Adults: Development and evaluation. Cincinnati, OH: VIA Institute on Character.
VIA-IS-M Languages
The VIA-IS-R is available in English, Hebrew and Korean only. If you would like to volunteer to translate the VIA-IS-R, please contact us here.