In Zhuangzi’s philosophy, the intellectual virtues of humility and open-mindedness are best understood in context his epistemic perspectivism. The method, which urges knowers to pursue various diverse points view incorporate them into a broad perspective, is justified by second-order realization that all perspectives partial limited. This turn meta-virtue humility, defined as disposition become...

The authors obtained self- and observer reports of personality from pairs of well-acquainted college students. Consistent with previous findings, results of Study 1 showed strong cross-source agreement for all 6 HEXACO personality factors (rs approximately .55). In addition, the authors found modest levels of similarity (r approximately .25) between dyad members' self-reports on each of 2 dimen...

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to add to the understanding of humility-based economic development and entrepreneurship among the Amish – a religious group – in the USA, whose culture values asceticism, frugality, thrift and work, as well as humility. Design/methodology/approach – The paper presents an ethnographic research study. Findings – Amish adults teach their young that work is pl...

Social and behavioral scientists have shown a growing interest in the study of virtues due, in part, to the influence of positive psychology. The underlying premise in this research is that adopting key virtues promotes a better quality of life. Consistent with this orientation, the purpose of this study is to assess the relationship between humility and self-forgiveness over time. The analyses...

We examined the unique effects of extraversion and agreeableness (and honesty-humility) on everyday satisfaction with family, friends, romantic life, and acquaintances, and explored potential mediators of these effects. Three diary studies (Ns = 206, 139, 185) were conducted on Singaporean university students. In Studies 1 and 2, participants rated their satisfaction with different relationship...

This article presents a framework for quality care that attends to culture and ethnicity. Tools and approaches for achieving cultural competency and humility are provided that may help improve the care of the patients, irrespective of their backgrounds or beliefs.

Character building is an important part of the counseling services in schools. Humility a character strengths as basic development others virtue. This study aims to examine effectiveness online group with mindfulness-based cognitive approach enhance students' humility. pretest posttest control design 16 students who divided experimental and groups. To measure humility, authors used 32 items hum...