Character strengths as situation specific moderators of anxiety and depressive symptoms

Faculty-Student Collaboration

1

Faculty Sponsor(s)

Thane Erickson, Ph.D.

Presentation Type

Event

Project Type

Completed quantitative research study

Primary Department

Clinical Psychology

Description

Abstract Character strengths measured by the Values in Action inventory (VIA-120) have been linked to life satisfaction and may moderate the effects of stressors on distress. Undergraduates (N = 170) completed the Profile of Mood States and online diary records (POMS; Lorr & McNair, 1971). Multilevel modeling (MLM) was used to determine whether strengths would predict lower levels of distress and if strengths would moderate the effect of stressors. Results suggest that situational stressors are associated with increased distress and self-control significantly moderated the relationship between the controllability of a situation and distress. Keywords: personality characteristics, virtues, depression, interpersonal stressor

Copyright Status

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Additional Rights Information

Copyright held by author(s).

This document is currently not available here.

Share

COinS
 
May 29th, 10:30 AM

Character strengths as situation specific moderators of anxiety and depressive symptoms

Abstract Character strengths measured by the Values in Action inventory (VIA-120) have been linked to life satisfaction and may moderate the effects of stressors on distress. Undergraduates (N = 170) completed the Profile of Mood States and online diary records (POMS; Lorr & McNair, 1971). Multilevel modeling (MLM) was used to determine whether strengths would predict lower levels of distress and if strengths would moderate the effect of stressors. Results suggest that situational stressors are associated with increased distress and self-control significantly moderated the relationship between the controllability of a situation and distress. Keywords: personality characteristics, virtues, depression, interpersonal stressor

Rights Statement

In Copyright