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Character Strengths and Mental Health among College Students


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Character strengths are ethical facets of personality. Mental health refers to individuals' ability to cope with daily challenges of life by optimum utilization of skills. The aim of the study was to examine the influence of character strengths on mental health. The participants were 400 college students. V alue in Action Inventory-72 by McGrath was used to measure Character strengths. Psychological well-being scale developed by Sisodia and Choudary was used to assess mental health. Data was analyzed using one-way ANOV A. Results showed that participants with high character strengths found to have better mental health and vice versa.

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mental health, character strengths, positive psychology , college students
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D Manasa
Manasagangotri, University of Mysore, Mysore, Karnataka, India
Sampathkumar
Manasagangotri, University of Mysore, Mysore, Karnataka, India

Abstract


Character strengths are ethical facets of personality. Mental health refers to individuals' ability to cope with daily challenges of life by optimum utilization of skills. The aim of the study was to examine the influence of character strengths on mental health. The participants were 400 college students. V alue in Action Inventory-72 by McGrath was used to measure Character strengths. Psychological well-being scale developed by Sisodia and Choudary was used to assess mental health. Data was analyzed using one-way ANOV A. Results showed that participants with high character strengths found to have better mental health and vice versa.

Keywords


mental health, character strengths, positive psychology , college students

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15614/ijpp%2F2022%2Fv13i2%2F215360