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Strengths based rehabilitation assessment: Adapted Inventory of Virtues and Strengths
Jeong Han Kim1, Phillip S Keck2, Megan C McMahon3
1Department of Clinical Counseling and Mental Health, Texas Tech University Health Science Center, Lubbock, TX, USA.
Background:
The Values in Action Inventory of Strengths (VIA-IS) operationalizes 24 character strengths that compose the six virtues proposed in Peterson and Seligman's classification theory. Though the utility of the VIA-IS has been demonstrated in the general population, its applicability to the study of psychosocial adaptation in rehabilitation for individuals with disabilities has been controversial.
Objective:
The present study was to develop a measure of rehabilitation clients' positive traits, the Adapted Inventory of Virtues and Strengths (AIVS) designed to complement the applicability issues of the VIA-IS.
Method:
Step-by-step AIVS development procedures are presented, and the AIVS factor structure identified via factor analysis is interpreted from a psychosocial adaptation perspective and compared to the VIA-IS factor structure.
Results:
AIVS subscales include Courage, Integrity, Practical Wisdom, Committed Action, and Emotional Transcendence. Construct validity was assessed by correlating AIVS factors with measures of resilience, life satisfaction, and well-being.
Conclusions:
The AIVS offers a reliable framework that has clinical utility for strengths-based rehabilitation practice.
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