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VIA-Youth-1-(VIA-Y-R1) (Age 8-12) Psychometrics

Strength Cronbach"s Alpha
Appreciation of Beauty and Excellence 0.78
Bravery 0.76
Creativity 0.73
Curiosity 0.72
Fairness 0.68
Forgiveness 0.82
Gratitude 0.74
Honesty 0.74
Hope 0.78
Humility 0.75
Humor 0.85
Judgment 0.79
Kindness 0.66
Leadership 0.83
Love 0.80
Love of Learning 0.85
Perseverance 0.68
Perspective 0.73
Prudence 0.71
Self-Regulation 0.65
Social Intelligence 0.59
Spirituality* 0.70
Teamwork 0.74
Zest 0.70

VIA Youth-1 Citation

Jermann, M., & McGrath, R. E. (2022). Revision of the VIA Inventory of Strengths for Youth: 1. Item development, selection, and initial validation. Manuscript in preparation

VIA Youth-1 Languages

Chinese Simplified, English and Serbian are the only languages available at this time. If you are conducting a research study and need to translate the items, please contact info@viacharacter.org.