Self-Management of Depression

What are Character Strengths? Surely, you must have come across the word “character” several times in your life – in biographies, biopics, moral lessons from your elders, etc. The Oxford Dictionary describes character as “the mental and moral qualities distinctive to an individual.” The field of positive psychology defines character in terms of character strengths and gives this amorphous concept some legs. Character strengths are considered as the building blocks of human goodness and human flourishing. They are the foundation of optimal life-long development and thriving (Park & Peterson, 2009). In psychological terms, character strengths are those aspects of personality that are morally valued and good character is not the absence of deficits and problems but rather a well-developed family of positive traits. They are substantially stable and manifest through thoughts, emotions, volition, and action and are influenced by both genetics and environment (Niemiec, 2013). Character s...