ABSTRACT

The cardinal virtues (prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance) have relevance within the areas of character education and integral or comprehensive formation. In recent years, there has been growing interest and a great deal of literature produced on character education and its measurement. In this paper, we propose a questionnaire (a Likert-type self-report scale of 22 items), the QCV, designed to measure competencies associated with the cardinal virtues. The theoretical foundation of the questionnaire lies in the Aristotelian-Thomistic tradition in dialogue with positive psychology. The paper also offers a review of the literature on the measurement of virtue and the principal instruments currently used to measure the cardinal virtues. The results of a preliminary application of the QCV with a sample of 325 university students indicate that the questionnaire, written in Spanish and conducted in Madrid, has good psychometric properties.

摘要

基本美德（审慎、正义、坚韧和节制）与品格教育和整体或全面形成领域相关。近年来，人们对品格教育及其测量的兴趣日益浓厚，并产生了大量文献。在本文中，我们提出了一份问卷（包含 22 个项目的李克特式自我报告量表）QCV，旨在衡量与基本美德相关的能力。问卷的理论基础在于亚里士多德-托马斯主义传统与积极心理学的对话。本文还回顾了美德衡量的文献以及目前用于衡量基本美德的主要工具。