Overview
The VIA Character Strengths survey is a comprehensive assessment based on decades of research into virtue and character. It identifies your top strengths from a scientifically-validated framework of 24 character strengths organized under 6 virtue categories. Rather than focusing on deficits, this measure celebrates what is best about you and helps you understand how to leverage your strengths for greater well-being and effectiveness.
Character strengths are the psychological qualities that feel authentically 'you' and that you find energizing to express. Unlike talents, which may come naturally but require practice to develop, character strengths feel intrinsically rewarding to use. The VIA framework, developed by psychologists Christopher Peterson and Martin Seligman, is grounded in the conviction that understanding and using your strengths leads to greater fulfillment, resilience, and life satisfaction. Research shows that people who use their signature strengths regularly report higher well-being and lower depression.
What You'll Learn
Comprehensive assessment of 24 character strengths
Identify your top strengths and natural talents
Understand how to use strengths in new ways daily
Build on what's best about you, not what's wrong
Apply strengths to overcome challenges and build resilience
Take the Assessment
Select 5 (five) of your character strengths
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To take the full Character Strengths assessment and get a detailed report, please visit the official VIA Institute:
Take Full AssessmentThe Science
This assessment is grounded in rigorous psychological research and has been validated across numerous studies.
Key Research
- Peterson, C., & Seligman, M. E. P. (2004). Character strengths and virtues: A handbook and classification. Oxford University Press.
- Govindji, R., & Linley, P. A. (2007). Strengths use, self-concordance and well-being: Implications for strengths coaching and coaching psychologists. International Coaching Psychology Review, 2(2), 143-153.