IPIP-VIA-R Character Strengths (24 strengths, 96 items)

The Values in Action (VIA) framework organizes 24 positive character traits — the personal qualities that, when expressed, reflect good character and contribute to a fulfilling life. Unlike clinical screeners that look for problems, a character-strengths profile is built around what is best in a person: curiosity, perseverance, kindness, fairness, gratitude, and so on. The IPIP-VIA-R is a public-domain measure of these 24 strengths, refined by Bluemke, Partsch, Saucier and Lechner (2021) to be shorter, more content-valid, and more comparable across cultures than earlier IPIP-VIA item sets. Each of the 24 strengths is measured by four balanced-keyed items — half worded positively and half reverse-keyed — to reduce response bias.

A percent-of-max score for each of the 24 character strengths, with a non-diagnostic narrative band — Higher (≥67%), Average, or Lower (≤33%) — placing each strength relative to the full scale range. The profile highlights your most prominent strengths without ranking people against a population, so no population norms or percentiles are reported. You can preview the full layout in the sample report before taking it.