The blessings of social-oriented virtues: Interpersonal character strengths are linked to increased life satisfaction and academic success among Filipino high school students
College
College of Liberal Arts
Department/Unit
Psychology
Document Type
Article
Source Title
Social Psychological and Personality Science
Volume
11
Issue
7
First Page
983
Last Page
990
Publication Date
9-1-2020
Abstract
Some studies have shown that character strengths positively predicted optimal performance and well-being in Western, educated, industrialized, rich, and democratic (WEIRD) societies which may hold limited generalizability to individuals in non-WEIRD contexts. This prospective study examined the association of selected interpersonal character strengths (i.e., fairness, teamwork, leadership, forgiveness, and kindness) with life satisfaction, teacher-reported academic engagement, Mathematics achievement, English achievement, and overall academic achievement among Filipino high school students enrolled in a public high school in the Philippines (Mage = 14.33). There was a 2-month interval between Time 1 and Time 2 data collection. Results indicate that whereas fairness and kindness demonstrated stronger magnitudes of associations with subsequent life satisfaction, academic engagement, and achievement, teamwork and forgiveness had positive and moderate intensity of relationships to such outcomes. Compared to other interpersonal strengths, leadership showed weaker correlations with life satisfaction and achievement outcomes. Results allude to the benefits associated with interpersonal positive virtues in a non-WEIRD context. © The Author(s) 2020.
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Digitial Object Identifier (DOI)
10.1177/1948550620906294
Recommended Citation
Datu, J. D., & Bernardo, A. I. (2020). The blessings of social-oriented virtues: Interpersonal character strengths are linked to increased life satisfaction and academic success among Filipino high school students. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 11 (7), 983-990. https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550620906294
Disciplines
Psychology
Keywords
Personality and academic achievement; Contentment
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