ISSN : 2233-6710(Print)
ISSN : 2384-2121(Online)
ISSN : 2384-2121(Online)
Journal of Asia Pacific Counseling Vol.1 No.1 pp.61-76
DOI : https://doi.org/10.18401/2011.1.1.5
DOI : https://doi.org/10.18401/2011.1.1.5
Virtues in Relation to Subjective Well-Being for People With Chronic Illness and Disability
Received November 18, 2010, Revision received January 25, 2011, Accepted February 14, 2011
Abstract
This study examined the strength of two constructs of positive psychology, virtue and character, in relation to subjective wellbeing.The sample consisted of 100 individuals with chronic illnesses and disabilities. Participants were clustered based ontheir Sense of Well-Being Inventory-Revised subscale scores using Ward’s hierarchical agglomerative clustering method.Three clusters were identified and labeled as high, intermediate, and low well-being. More than half of the participants (n=59)were identified to be in the intermediate well-being cluster, while the remaining participants were identified in the high (n=23)and low (n=18) well-being clusters. Discriminant analysis, followed by univariate analyses of variance, indicated that the threewell-being clusters could be differentiated based on the two virtue factors. The participants in the high well-being clusterdemonstrated higher practical wisdom and interpersonal harmony scores. Thus, evidence was found to support a relationshipbetween the constructs of virtue and character strength and the subjective well-being of people with disabilities.