Umucu Emre, Lee Beatrice, Genova Helen M, Chopik William J, Sung Connie, Yasuoka Mizuka, Niemiec Ryan M
Department of Counseling, Educational Psychology, and Special Education, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States.
Center for Neuropsychology and Neuroscience Research, Kessler Foundation, West Orange, NJ, United States.
Front Psychiatry. 2022 Feb 25;13:863977. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.863977. eCollection 2022.
The purpose of this study was to examine the differences in character strengths for people with disabilities by using an international dataset by the VIA Institiute on Character. Specifically, we aimed to explore (a) the top and bottom five character strengths reported by different disability groups and all people with disabilities more broadly, and (b) group differences in each character strength and total character strengths. The investigator contacted the VIA Institute on Character (http://www.viacharacter.org/) for obtaining the dataset for the current study. After data cleaning, our sample size resulted in 11,699 people with disabilities. Among most people with disabilities, the top five character strengths scores were love of learning, honesty, appreciation of beauty and excellence, kindness, and fairness. The bottom five character strengths scores were self-regulation, perseverance, zest, spirituality, and prudence. Knowing that there is heterogeneity in character strengths across groups gives us a better understanding of the areas that people with different disabilities and conditions might thrive and provides clinicians and practitioners with a more nuanced understanding for how to possibly intervene with their clients. Positive psychiatry and psychology implications are discussed.
本研究的目的是通过使用由品格研究院（VIA Institiute on Character）提供的国际数据集，来考察残疾人品格优势的差异。具体而言，我们旨在探究：（a）不同残疾群体以及更广泛的所有残疾人所报告的排名前五和后五的品格优势；（b）每种品格优势和品格优势总分的群体差异。研究者联系了品格研究院（http://www.viacharacter.org/）以获取本研究的数据集。经过数据清理后，我们的样本量为11,699名残疾人。在大多数残疾人中，排名前五的品格优势得分分别是热爱学习、诚实、欣赏美与卓越、善良和公平。排名后五的品格优势得分分别是自我管理、毅力、热情、灵性和审慎。了解到不同群体在品格优势方面存在异质性，能让我们更好地理解不同残疾和状况的人可能茁壮成长的领域，并为临床医生和从业者提供更细致入微的理解，以便他们可能如何干预其客户。本文还讨论了积极精神病学和心理学的意义。
