CHARACTER STRENGTH INTERVENTION IN CHILDREN: A SCOPING REVIEW
Abstract
Character strengths can be interpreted as the common language of the best in human. The aim of this article was to investigate the interventions used to promote character strengths in children in their psychosocial context. It is a scoping review based on the JBI Joanna Briggs methodology. The Springer, Cengage Learning, ProQuest, Scopus, Web of Science, Sage Journals and Medline databases were consulted, from 2015 to May 2020. A total of 216 articles were found, six of which were included. Interventions carried out in the classroom were shown to be predominant to improve character strengths in children. Among the highlighted strengths found are forgiveness, hope, social responsibility, love and kindness. The findings indicate the need to improve intervention strategies in character strengths in promoting mental health and well-being from the early years of human development in psychosocial context.
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