TABLE 2.
Medical students’ correlations between VIA-character strengths and thriving with its seven subscales and work engagement (t1).
| VIA-character strengths | CIT Categories |
Thriving (general well-being) | Work Engagement | ||||||
| Relationship | Engagement | Mastery | Autonomy | Meaning | Optimism | SWB | |||
| Appreciation of Beauty and Excellence | 0.17** | 0.17** | 0.22** | 0.02 | 0.14** | 0.16** | 0.10* | 0.21** | 0.14** |
| Bravery | 0.10* | 0.22** | 0.34** | 0.03 | 0.22** | 0.14** | 0.12** | 0.23** | 0.21** |
| Creativity | 0.11** | 0.26** | 0.36** | –0.03 | 0.11* | 0.14** | 0.11* | 0.22** | 0.30** |
| Curiosity | 0.33** | 0.46** | 0.53** | 0.10* | 0.30** | 0.37** | 0.41** | 0.50** | 0.43** |
| Fairness | 0.28** | 0.22** | 0.32** | 0.11* | 0.17** | 0.19** | 0.19** | 0.31** | 0.15** |
| Forgiveness | 0.16** | 0.11* | 0.17** | 0.02 | 0.11* | 0.26** | 0.18** | 0.21** | 0.06 |
| Gratitude | 0.34** | 0.32** | 0.39** | 0.08 | 0.41** | 0.38** | 0.39** | 0.46** | 0.31** |
| Honesty | 0.30** | 0.25** | 0.36** | 0.19** | 0.23** | 0.18** | 0.17** | 0.34** | 0.16** |
| Hope | 0.42** | 0.40** | 0.56** | 0.17** | 0.58** | 0.70** | 0.65** | 0.68** | 0.42** |
| Humility | 0.06 | 0.13** | 0.11* | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.09* | –0.03 |
| Humor | 0.25** | 0.31** | 0.35** | 0.03 | 0.22** | 0.32** | 0.34** | 0.37** | 0.25** |
| Judgment | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.31** | 0.09* | 0.12** | 0.07 | 0.04 | 0.16** | 0.21** |
| Kindness | 0.32** | 0.20** | 0.30** | 0.13** | 0.17** | 0.22** | 0.20** | 0.33** | 0.19** |
| Leadership | 0.29** | 0.26** | 0.37** | 0.03 | 0.20** | 0.19** | 0.20** | 0.33** | 0.23** |
| Love | 0.43** | 0.25** | 0.32** | 0.13** | 0.27** | 0.38** | 0.43** | 0.47** | 0.13** |
| Love of Learning | 0.09* | 0.20** | 0.32** | 0.11* | 0.10* | 0.10* | 0.14** | 0.21** | 0.34** |
| Perseverance | 0.24** | 0.31** | 0.45** | 0.14** | 0.36** | 0.26** | 0.24** | 0.39** | 0.29** |
| Perspective | 0.08 | 0.13** | 0.38** | 0.09 | 0.17** | 0.22** | 0.17** | 0.25** | 0.21** |
| Prudence | 0.10* | 0.08 | 0.28** | 0.11* | 0.17** | 0.13** | 0.09* | 0.19** | 0.15** |
| Self-Regulation | 0.16** | 0.31** | 0.27** | 0.09* | 0.18** | 0.17** | 0.21** | 0.26** | 0.22** |
| Social Intelligence | 0.35** | 0.23** | 0.36** | 0.12** | 0.24** | 0.28** | 0.27** | 0.39** | 0.26** |
| Spirituality | 0.21** | 0.13** | 0.13** | −0.11* | 0.25** | 0.19** | 0.15** | 0.20** | 0.07 |
| Teamwork | 0.30** | 0.23** | 0.29** | 0.06 | 0.19** | 0.18** | 0.21** | 0.32** | 0.19** |
| Zest | 0.47** | 0.56** | 0.56** | 0.07 | 0.45** | 0.53** | 0.56** | 0.64** | 0.48** |
*p ≤ 0.05, **p ≤ 0.01.