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Contents
1 Why study values and virtues in the Swiss Armed Forces?
1.1 Characteristics of the Swiss military system
1.2 In search of military core values and virtues in the Swiss Armed Forces
2 Positive psychology and how it applies to military psychology
2.1 The scientific framework of positive psychology
2.2 Good character: The revival of research on positive traits
2.2.1 The VIA classification of strengths
2.3 Towards a positive military psychology
3 Research on values and virtues
3.1 Values and virtues in philosophy
3.2 Universal values: Definitions and theories
3.2.1 Two main strains of value research
3.3 Universal virtues: Definitions and theories
3.3.1 Principle studies on identifying and structuring virtues
3.3.2 The factor structure of character strengths and virtues
3.4 The psycholexical approach towards the structure of values and virtues
3.4.1 Psycholexical studies on universal values
3.4.2 Psycholexical studies on universal virtues
3.5 Classifications of values and virtues: Summarizing overview
3.6 Conceptual difference between values and virtues
4 Research on military values and virtues
4.1 Significant findings on the structure of military values and virtues
4.1.1 Findings on military values
4.1.2 Findings on military virtues
4.2 International practical perspective
4.3 Values and virtues in the Swiss Armed Forces
5 Research questions and aim of this present thesis
6.1 Pre-study: Development of the MVVC
6.1.1 Psycholexical-oriented analysis
6.1.2 Categorization in values and virtues
6.1.3 Expert interview with high executive military leaders
6.2 The MVVC applied in a hierarchical top-down data collection
Study I: Assessing the Structure of Military Values
7 The structure of military values and the relation to universal values and personality
7.1.1 The psycholexical approach towards the structure of values
7.1.2 Relations of values to personality
7.1.3 Research on values in military psychology
7.2.1 Participants and procedure
