Is personal growth initiative associated with later life satisfaction in Chinese college students? A 15‐week prospective analysis

Personal growth initiative (PGI) is presumed to foster positive change leading to positive psychological adjustment. Accordingly, in this study we examined PGI as a predictor of life satisfaction 15 weeks later in a sample of 152 Chinese college students. Time 1 PGI was found to explain a significan...

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Published in:Asian journal of social psychology 2019-12, Vol.22 (4), p.413-418
Main Authors: Chang, Edward C., Yang, Hongfei, Yi, Shangwen, Xie, Fei, Liu, Jiting, Ren, Haining, Zhang, Jiaqi, Zhang, Zhuoran, Wu, Runzhe, Lin, Yijing, Li, Mingqi, Wu, Kaidi, Ip, Ka, Lucas, Abigael G., Chang, Olivia D.
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Language:English
Subjects:
Adjustment
Chinese
College students
Life satisfaction
Personal development
personal growth initiative
prospective design
Time
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Summary:Personal growth initiative (PGI) is presumed to foster positive change leading to positive psychological adjustment. Accordingly, in this study we examined PGI as a predictor of life satisfaction 15 weeks later in a sample of 152 Chinese college students. Time 1 PGI was found to explain a significant amount of unique variance in Time 2 life satisfaction, even after controlling for Time 1 life satisfaction and Time 2 PGI. Specifically, (lower) intentional behavior and planfulness at baseline emerged as significant predictors of later life satisfaction. No evidence was found indicating that life satisfaction at Time 1 accounted for any significant amount of unique variance in PGI processes at Time 2, after controlling for baseline PGI processes and concurrent life satisfaction. Overall, the present findings are the first to demonstrate the importance of PGI as a prospective predictor of positive psychological adjustment in adults.
ISSN:1367-2223
1467-839X
DOI:10.1111/ajsp.12386