Character Strength Endorsement and Well Being among North Indian Adolescents

Present study was conducted to explore the profile of character strengths and its relation to well-being of adolescents. The sample comprised of 240 students of 11^th and 12^th grade (120 males and 120 females) belonging to urban and rural backgrounds, falling within the age group of 15-17 years. For statistical analysis Mean, S.D., Frequency percentage and Pearson correlation were used. Results show that judgment (critical thinking) is highest endorsed character strength for the present sample. For male and female adolescents three out of five top signature strengths-judgments, appreciation of beauty and bravery are common and for urban/rural adolescent’s judgment, kindness and bravery are common. It also became obvious that perspective (wisdom), persistence, honesty, zest, love, social intelligence, hope and humor are strongly and positively correlated with well being (p< .01) in addition to strengths of creativity, love of learning, fairness and prudence (p< .05).