Character development in adolescence is of growing interest among psychology researchers and educators, yet there is little consensus about how character should be defined and studied among developmental scientists. In particular, there is no fully developed framework for investigating the developmental relationships among different character strengths. This study examines the developmental rel...

Studies advocate the role of temperament factors in development and persistence of anxiety. The aim of this study was to determine the role of temperament and character dimensions in predicting the state-trait anxiety in high school students. In this study, the statistical population consisted of all high school students (N=3416). One hundred and eighty students were selected randomly from this...

Traditional models of character development have conceptualized character as a set of psychological attributes that motivate or enable individuals to function as competent moral agents. In this special section, we present seven articles, including two commentaries, that seek to make innovative conceptual and methodological contributions to traditional understandings in the extant scholarship of...

Any democratic society must concern itself with the socialization of its citizens. This begins in childhood, and schools are critical to this process. The interrelations and roles of educating for character (character education, moral education) and educating for citizenship (citizenship education, civic education) are explored, largely in a North American context. It is argued that citizenship...

Character is the values of goodness that have become a habit in action, which person's personality formed as result applying various virtues. good mental trait shown when behaving politely, generously, forgiving, full love, willing to sacrifice, appealing humor, not excessive, and always obedient pious. education focuses on implementing either actions or behavior. Thus, character process formin...

The rise of cases violence against children in schools is a strong reason for the need protection children's rights. In this regard, an educational revolution needed as effort to reform education system be able create learning environment that respect and fulfill SMPN 52 Jakarta one implement Child-Friendly School program realize rights quality education. This study aims describe programs, stra...