Conceptualising and testing the Narnian Character Virtue Scales

A study among 12- to 13-year-old students

Dados Bibliográficos

ID19503796
AutoresLeslie J Francis (0000-0003-2946-9980, Warwick Religions and Education Research Unit, Centre for Education Studies, The University of Warwick, Coventry, UK, autor correspondente), Mark A Pike (0000-0002-0314-7513, University of Leeds), Mark Pike (University of Leeds), David W Lankshear (0000-0002-9891-0779, University of Warwick), Victoria Nesfield (Humanitarian Research Centre, University of York, York, UK), Thomas Lickona (School of Education, University of New York at Cortland, New York, NY, USA)
Ano2017
Volume20
Fascículo9
Páginas860-872
Data de publicação2017-10-21
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoMental Health Religion & Culture (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1367-4676 • E-ISSN: 1469-9737
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13674676.2017.1398721
OpenAlexW2771507555
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas6
Referências citadas21

This paper sets out to examine and to operationalise 12 key character virtues identified within C. S. Lewis’ Narnian texts: courage, curiosity, forgiveness, fortitude, gratitude, hard work, humility, integrity, justice, love, self-control, and wisdom. A pilot study among 56 year eight students (12–13 years of age) generated nine five-item instruments displaying adequate internal consistency reliability, and suggested ways in which the other three measures (curiosity, integrity, and love) could be enhanced in future work. Construct validity was explored by examining the correlations between these 12 character virtues and sex, self-concept, and empathy, and by locating these 12 character virtues within the three-dimensional psychological space proposed by Eysenck’s model of personality

Courage · Curiosity · Empathy · Epistemology · Forgiveness · Gratitude · Humility · Theology · Virtue · Emotions and Moral Behavior · Forgiveness and Related Behaviors · Psychological and Educational Research Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology