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Development and Validation of New Interpersonal and Intrapersonal Strength Measures

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The chapter explains the concept of interpersonal and intrapersonal strengths which are important for a strong foundation of healthy relationships and overall personality. The chapter beings with a brief outline on conceptual definitions of interpersonal and intrapersonal character strengths. It then converges upon different studies that have been conducted in Indian context. The different interpersonal and intrapersonal scales constructed and validated by other researchers have been reviewed. The chapter then unveils the procedure of development and validation of new interpersonal and intrapersonal strengths scales. Each phase of test construction has been explained thoroughly in detail for both versions in English and Hindi. The chapter concludes with discussion centring on the newly developed scales and their explanation.

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  1. Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, 110016, India

    Kamlesh Singh

  2. Amity Institute of Psychology and Allied Sciences, Amity University, Noida, D-186, 2nd Floor, Sector 49, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

    Mohita Junnarkar

  3. Indian Air Force, 24, Primrose-9, Vatika City, Sector 49, 122018, Gurgaon, India

    Jasleen Kaur

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Singh, K., Junnarkar, M., Kaur, J. (2016). Development and Validation of New Interpersonal and Intrapersonal Strength Measures. In: Measures of Positive Psychology. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-3631-3_8

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