TITLE:
The Relationship between Vocational Personalities and Character Strengths in Adults
AUTHORS:
Hadassah Littman-Ovadia, Yotam Potok, Willibald Ruch
KEYWORDS:
Vocational Personalities; Character Strengths; Life Satisfaction; Hope; Gratitude
JOURNAL NAME:
Psychology,
Vol.4 No.12,
December
18,
2013
ABSTRACT: The relationship
between vocational personalities and character strengths, and the contribution
of both to life satisfaction were tested in an online sample of 302 Israeli
adults. Hierarchical regressions indicated that love of learning explained 9.8%
of the investigative personality, creativity and appreciation of beauty
explained 19.6% of the artistic personality, zest and spirituality explained
14% of the social personality, and creativity explained 7.9% of enterprising
personality. A bootstrapping procedure revealed that hope and gratitude fully
mediated the association of social personality with life satisfaction. The
theoretical and practical implications of the study findings for career
counseling and development are discussed.