TABLE 1.

Means, standard deviations, internal consistency coefficients, correlations with students’ age and sex of all variables, and correlations with positive classroom behavior and overall school achievement.

Variables	M	SD	α	rage	rsex	PCB	OSA
VIA-Youth scales
Creativity	3.65	0.51	0.65	0.11	–0.19	0.13	0.22*
Curiosity	3.41	0.47	0.55	–0.07	–0.11	0.18	0.15
Open-mindedness	3.50	0.43	0.61	0.17	–0.03	0.18	0.20
Love of learning	3.59	0.60	0.77	–0.03	0.09	0.34*	0.33*
Perspective	3.57	0.52	0.72	0.08	0.13	0.32*	0.40*
Bravery	3.55	0.52	0.70	0.11	0.10	0.07	0.12
Perseverance	3.73	0.53	0.73	0.02	–0.03	0.40*	0.33*
Honesty	3.64	0.55	0.80	0.15	0.17	0.27*	0.26*
Zest	3.71	0.53	0.72	–0.03	–0.04	0.36*	0.24*
Love	4.01	0.49	0.66	–0.01	0.12	0.23*	0.14
Kindness	3.95	0.50	0.76	0.15	0.46*	0.16	0.21
Social intelligence	3.72	0.49	0.71	0.19	0.14	0.31*	0.32*
Teamwork	3.93	0.50	0.76	0.19	0.07	0.25*	0.25*
Fairness	3.51	0.49	0.62	0.08	0.13	0.24*	0.13
Leadership	3.31	0.61	0.77	0.05	–0.11	0.24*	0.35*
Forgiveness	3.90	0.56	0.71	0.01	0.15	0.23*	0.21
Modesty	3.46	0.43	0.51	–0.03	0.09	0.14	0.17
Prudence	3.40	0.51	0.63	0.04	0.01	0.34*	0.31*
Self-regulation	3.52	0.54	0.71	0.10	0.01	0.32*	0.26*
Beauty	3.75	0.63	0.77	0.10	0.35*	0.07	–0.03
Gratitude	4.13	0.45	0.72	–0.01	0.10	0.27*	0.23*
Hope	3.75	0.51	0.72	–0.03	–0.13	0.41*	0.33*
Humor	3.82	0.59	0.74	–0.13	–0.05	0.13	0.29*
Religiousness	3.90	0.80	0.88	0.11	0.01	0.14	0.01
Teacher ratings
PCB	3.99	0.73	0.89	–0.12	0.27*	0.66*
OSA	4.77	1.46		–0.22*	0.11

N = 179. Age: 10–13 years. Sex: 1 = male; 2 = female. VIA-Youth - VIA Inventory of Strengths for Youth; Beauty - appreciation of beauty and excellence; OSA - overall school achievement; PCB - positive classroom behavior (Classroom Behavior Rating Scale). *p < 0.05 (Bonferroni corrected, one-tailed).