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Willibald Ruch
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Strengths of character, orientations to happiness, and life satisfaction
2007 · 771 citations
The Attractive Female Body Weight and Female Body Dissatisfaction in 26 Countries Across 10 World Regions: Results of the International Body Project I
2010 · 728 citations
National Character Does Not Reflect Mean Personality Trait Levels in 49 Cultures
2005 · 453 citations
Strength-Based Positive Interventions: Further Evidence for Their Potential in Enhancing Well-Being and Alleviating Depression
2012 · 439 citations
Character strengths predict resilience over and above positive affect, self-efficacy, optimism, social support, self-esteem, and life satisfaction
2016 · 390 citations
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Character Strengths in the Life Domains of Work, Education, Leisure, and Relationships and Their Associations With Flourishing
Frontiers in Psychology
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2021
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3 authors
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68
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Character Strengths Are Related to Students’ Achievement, Flow Experiences, and Enjoyment in Teacher-Centered Learning, Individual, and Group Work Beyond Cognitive Ability
Frontiers in Psychology
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2020
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4 authors
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76
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Character strengths-based interventions: Open questions and ideas for future research
The Journal of Positive Psychology
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2020
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5 authors
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84
citations
Fusing character strengths and mindfulness interventions: Benefits for job satisfaction and performance.
Journal of Occupational Health Psychology
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2019
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2 authors
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127
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Character Strengths and PERMA: Investigating the Relationships of Character Strengths with a Multidimensional Framework of Well-Being
Applied Research in Quality of Life
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2019
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4 authors
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212
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Character Strengths and Life Satisfaction in Later Life: an Analysis of Different Living Conditions
Applied Research in Quality of Life
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2019
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5 authors
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90
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Character Strengths – Stability, Change, and Relationships with Well-Being Changes
Applied Research in Quality of Life
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2019
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4 authors
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104
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From four to nine styles: An update on individual differences in humor
Personality and Individual Differences
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2018
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2 authors
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73
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Who Benefits From Humor-Based Positive Psychology Interventions? The Moderating Effects of Personality Traits and Sense of Humor
Frontiers in Psychology
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2018
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3 authors
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70
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Broadening Humor: Comic Styles Differentially Tap into Temperament, Character, and Ability
Frontiers in Psychology
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2018
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5 authors
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186
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A meta-analysis of gender differences in character strengths and age, nation, and measure as moderators
The Journal of Positive Psychology
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2017
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3 authors
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review
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79
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Positive Psychology Interventions Addressing Pleasure, Engagement, Meaning, Positive Relationships, and Accomplishment Increase Well-Being and Ameliorate Depressive Symptoms: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Online Study
Frontiers in Psychology
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2016
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3 authors
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180
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Character strengths predict resilience over and above positive affect, self-efficacy, optimism, social support, self-esteem, and life satisfaction
The Journal of Positive Psychology
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2016
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2 authors
390
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Humor-based online positive psychology interventions: A randomized placebo-controlled long-term trial
The Journal of Positive Psychology
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2016
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3 authors
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100
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The virtue gap in humor: Exploring benevolent and corrective humor.
Translational Issues in Psychological Science
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2016
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2 authors
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84
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Your Strengths are Calling: Preliminary Results of a Web-Based Strengths Intervention to Increase Calling
Journal of Happiness Studies
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2015
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2 authors
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90
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Good character at school: positive classroom behavior mediates the link between character strengths and school achievement
Frontiers in Psychology
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2015
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2 authors
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167
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Strengths-based positive psychology interventions: a randomized placebo-controlled online trial on long-term effects for a signature strengths- vs. a lesser strengths-intervention
Frontiers in Psychology
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2015
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4 authors
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220
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Mapping strengths into virtues: the relation of the 24 VIA-strengths to six ubiquitous virtues
Frontiers in Psychology
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2015
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2 authors
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113
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The relationships of character strengths with coping, work-related stress, and job satisfaction
Frontiers in Psychology
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2015
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179
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An examination of the convergence between the conceptualization and the measurement of humor styles: A study of the construct validity of the Humor Styles Questionnaire
Humor - International Journal of Humor Research
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2015
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2 authors
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74
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Toward a Better Understanding of What Makes Positive Psychology Interventions Work: Predicting Happiness and Depression From the Person × Intervention Fit in a Follow‐Up after 3.5 Years
Applied Psychology Health and Well-Being
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2014
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4 authors
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101
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Positive Feelings at School: On the Relationships Between Students’ Character Strengths, School-Related Affect, and School Functioning
Journal of Happiness Studies
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2014
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3 authors
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148
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Character strengths and well-being across the life span: data from a representative sample of German-speaking adults living in Switzerland
Frontiers in Psychology
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2014
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2 authors
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153
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Satisfaction with life and character strengths of non-religious and religious people: it’s practicing one’s religion that makes the difference
Frontiers in Psychology
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2014
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118
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The Role of Character Strengths for Task Performance, Job Dedication, Interpersonal Facilitation, and Organizational Support
Human Performance
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2014
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2 authors
158
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The Character Strengths Rating Form (CSRF): Development and initial assessment of a 24-item rating scale to assess character strengths
Personality and Individual Differences
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2014
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4 authors
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91
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Humor Intervention Programs
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2014
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2 authors
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70
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Positive psychology interventions in people aged 50–79 years: long-term effects of placebo-controlled online interventions on well-being and depression
Aging & Mental Health
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2014
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4 authors
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198
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Humour styles, personality and psychological well-being: What’s humour got to do with it?
European Journal of Humour Research
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2013
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2 authors
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86
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The state-of-the art in gelotophobia research: A review and some theoretical extensions
Humor - International Journal of Humor Research
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2013
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4 authors
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123
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Validation of the German version of the Career Adapt-Abilities Scale and its relation to orientations to happiness and work stress
Journal of Vocational Behavior
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2013
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5 authors
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168
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Character Strengths in Children and Adolescents
European Journal of Psychological Assessment
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2013
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4 authors
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140
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Relationships among higher-order strengths factors, subjective well-being, and general self-efficacy – The case of Israeli adolescents
Personality and Individual Differences
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2013
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5 authors
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116
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What good are character strengths beyond subjective well-being? The contribution of the good character on self-reported health-oriented behavior, physical fitness, and the subjective health status
The Journal of Positive Psychology
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2013
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4 authors
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139
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Self- and peer-rated character strengths: How do they relate to satisfaction with life and orientations to happiness?
The Journal of Positive Psychology
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2013
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163
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Strength-Based Positive Interventions: Further Evidence for Their Potential in Enhancing Well-Being and Alleviating Depression
Journal of Happiness Studies
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2012
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3 authors
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439
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When the job is a calling: The role of applying one's signature strengths at work
The Journal of Positive Psychology
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2012
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233
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The role of character strengths in adolescent romantic relationships: An initial study on partner selection and mates' life satisfaction
Journal of Adolescence
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2012
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66
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The Application of Signature Character Strengths and Positive Experiences at Work
Journal of Happiness Studies
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2012
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240
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Are only Emotional Strengths Emotional? Character Strengths and Disposition to Positive Emotions
Applied Psychology Health and Well-Being
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2012
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139
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A multi-method approach to studying the relationship between character strengths and vocational interests in adolescents
International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance
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2012
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30
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Testing Strengths-Based Interventions: A Preliminary Study on the Effectiveness of a Program Targeting Curiosity, Gratitude, Hope, Humor, and Zest for Enhancing Life Satisfaction
Journal of Happiness Studies
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2012
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241
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The good character at work: an initial study on the contribution of character strengths in identifying healthy and unhealthy work-related behavior and experience patterns
International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health
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2012
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3 authors
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86
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Content validity evidences in test development: an applied perspective
Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich)
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2012
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2 authors
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150
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The Role of a Good Character in 12-Year-Old School Children: Do Character Strengths Matter in the Classroom?
Child Indicators Research
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2011
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2 authors
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111
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The Relation of Character Strengths to Past, Present, and Future Life Satisfaction among German‐Speaking Women
Applied Psychology Health and Well-Being
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2011
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67
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Humor and strengths of character
The Journal of Positive Psychology
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2011
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81
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Analyzing multitrait-mulitmethod data with multilevel confirmatory factor analysis: An application to the validation of the State-Trait Cheerfulness Inventory
Journal of Research in Personality
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2011
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3 authors
59
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The virtuousness of adult playfulness: the relation of playfulness with strengths of character
Psychology of Well-Being Theory Research and Practice
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2011
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89
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The Effect of Helping Behavior and Physical Activity on Mood States and Depressive Symptoms of Elderly People
Clinical Gerontologist
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2010
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5 authors
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28
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Teasing, Ridiculing and the Relation to the Fear of Being Laughed at in Individuals with Asperger’s Syndrome
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
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2010
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89
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Associations between satisfaction with life, burnout-related emotional and physical exhaustion, and sleep complaints
The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry
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2010
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6 authors
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125
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The Attractive Female Body Weight and Female Body Dissatisfaction in 26 Countries Across 10 World Regions: Results of the International Body Project I
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
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2010
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58 authors
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728
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Values in Action Inventory of Strengths (VIA-IS)
Journal of Individual Differences
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2010
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6 authors
346
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Ways to Happiness in German-Speaking Countries
European Journal of Psychological Assessment
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2010
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5 authors
97
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Fear of being laughed at and social anxiety: A preliminary psychometric study
Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich)
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2010
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5 authors
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66
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Humor as a character strength among the elderly
Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie
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2009
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3 authors
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98
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Orientations to happiness and life satisfaction in twenty-seven nations
The Journal of Positive Psychology
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2009
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184
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Gelotophobia, emotion-related skills and responses to the affective states of others
Personality and Individual Differences
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2009
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5 authors
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66
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