▁with ▁age . ▁ ▁In ▁terms ▁of ▁statist ically ▁significant ▁gender ▁differences , ▁women ▁demonstrated ▁higher ▁scores ▁for ▁inter person al ▁strength s ▁( kind ness , ▁love ▁and ▁social ▁intelligence ) ▁and ▁appreci ation ▁of ▁beauty ▁and ▁grat itude . ▁ ▁Men ▁scored ▁significantly ▁higher ▁than ▁women ▁on ▁cre ativity . ▁For ▁men ▁and ▁women , ▁four ▁of ▁the ▁top ▁five ▁signature ▁strength s ▁were ▁the ▁same : ▁open - mind ed ness , ▁fair ness , ▁curiosity ▁and ▁love ▁of ▁learning . ▁ ▁When ▁the ▁means ▁and ▁standard ▁devi ations ▁were ▁broken ▁down ▁by ▁gender ▁and ▁age , ▁they ▁were ▁consistent ▁with ▁those ▁reported ▁by ▁U . S . ▁samples . ▁ ▁The ▁rank ▁ordering ▁of ▁strength s ▁were ▁compar able ▁to ▁the ▁patterns ▁found ▁in ▁the ▁U . S . ▁and ▁other ▁international ▁samples . ▁ ▁Once ▁again , ▁research ▁supports ▁Pet erson ▁& ▁Sel ig man ' s ▁( 2 0 0 4 ) ▁assertion ▁that ▁the ▁strength s ▁listed ▁in ▁the ▁CSV ▁and ▁VI A - IS ▁are ▁present ▁in ▁the ▁majority ▁of ▁cult ures . ▁ ▁An ▁important ▁limitation ▁of ▁this ▁study , ▁as ▁with ▁all ▁studies ▁that ▁collect ▁data ▁via ▁the ▁internet , ▁is ▁that ▁the ▁samples ▁tend ▁to ▁be ▁more ▁educated ▁and ▁from ▁higher ▁so cio e conom ic ▁background ▁because ▁these ▁individuals ▁are ▁more ▁likely ▁to ▁have ▁access ▁and ▁knowledge ▁of ▁the ▁internet . ▁ ▁Japan ▁ ▁Un like ▁previous ▁studies , ▁Sh im ai ▁and ▁colle agues ▁( 2 0 0 7 )