The Seven Virtues Scale (Hope Subscale) is a psychological and theological assessment designed to measure the virtue of hope—defined as steadfast confidence in the goodness of the future and trust in divine or transcendent purpose. It is part of The Sacred Seven project developed by Erickson et al. (2025) at the Department of Clinical Psychology, Seattle Pacific University, which seeks to empirically study both cardinal and theological virtues through validated measurement tools.
This subscale evaluates how individuals regulate impulses, maintain moderation, and pursue disciplined living. Temperance is understood as a protective virtue, preventing excess and fostering moral...
Compassionate love is defined as awareness and understanding of one’s suffering, connecting with the distress, and being emotionally and cognitively moved to alleviate suffering. The...
The instrument is designed to evaluate how individuals typically think, feel, and act, rather than how they believe they should behave.