Table 1.

Correlations between character strengths (VIA-IS scales), strengths-related behavior (mean across all life domains), and flourishing and results of commonality analyses.

	Correlations with flourishing		Amount of explained variance in regression analysis predicting flourishing
	VIA-IS	Behavior	Unique VIA-IS	Unique behavior	Common	Total
Creativity	0.17	0.26*	0.000	0.041	0.027	0.068
Curiosity	0.44*	0.16	0.169	0.002	0.023	0.194
Judgment	0.17	0.23*	0.005	0.026	0.025	0.056
Love of learning	0.18	0.12	0.018	0.002	0.013	0.033
Perspective	0.31*	0.25*	0.048	0.016	0.045	0.109
Bravery	0.21*	0.13	0.030	0.002	0.014	0.046
Perseverance	0.44*	0.28*	0.118	0.002	0.075	0.195
Honesty	0.25*	0.24*	0.031	0.026	0.031	0.088
Zest	0.61*	0.49*	0.153	0.025	0.213	0.391
Love	0.55*	0.36*	0.176	0.004	0.122	0.302
Kindness	0.29*	0.31*	0.031	0.044	0.051	0.126
Social intelligence	0.38*	0.29*	0.079	0.015	0.067	0.161
Teamwork	0.40*	0.33*	0.068	0.005	0.104	0.177
Fairness	0.15	0.26*	0.000	0.046	0.022	0.068
Leadership	0.30*	0.29*	0.029	0.023	0.060	0.112
Forgiveness	0.25*	0.17	0.033	0.002	0.028	0.063
Humility	0.07	0.01	0.008	0.003	−0.003	0.008
Prudence	0.14	0.01	0.026	0.005	−0.005	0.026
Self-regulation	0.42*	0.16	0.148	0.001	0.024	0.173
Beauty	0.19*	0.26*	0.002	0.032	0.034	0.068
Gratitude	0.36*	0.29*	0.053	0.003	0.080	0.136
Hope	0.64*	0.36*	0.278	0.003	0.125	0.406
Humor	0.31*	0.16	0.076	0.005	0.022	0.103
Spirituality	0.19*	0.04	0.067	0.031	−0.029	0.069

N = 203. Beauty = appreciation of beauty and excellence.

^*p < 0.01 (two-tailed).