This study investigated possible gender differences in the relationship between character strengths and life satisfaction. Two questionnaires were administered to 818 students (488 females and 330 males), Values in Action Inventory of Strengths and The Satisfaction with Life Scale (Diener et al., 1985) . Zest, hope and gratitude had the strongest link to life satisfaction. Women and men differed significantly in 10 character strengths, but they did not differ in their life satisfaction. Five

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... hest weighted strengths for women were integrity, kindness, love, gratitude and fairness, while men weighed highest the strengths of integrity, hope, humor, gratitude and curiosity. Significant predictors of life satisfaction are also different. For women, life satisfaction was predicted by zest, gratitude, hope, appreciation of beauty and love, whereas men' life satisfaction was predicted by creativity, perspective, fairness and humor. These findings seem to be partly congruent with gender stereotypes. Life satisfaction entails living in accordance with the strengths especially valued in the culture.