Political office holders are chiefly entrusted with the formulation and implementation of government policies and programmes designed to enhance sustainable development. Their activities can therefore make or unmake a nation, geo-political region initiative. The mental health and emotional intelligence of political office holders had been linked with their personal growth initiative and a...

This study investigated the relationship among Iranian English teachers’ adversity quotient, personal growth initiative, and pedagogical success. The participants comprised 28 male and female English teachers and a total of 336 male and female EFL learners who attended the abovementioned teachers’ classes (12 for each teacher). Stoltz’ (1997) Adversity Response Profile (ARP) and Robitsc...

Title of Document: PERSONAL GROWTH INITIATIVE AS A MODERATOR OF EXPRESSIVE WRITING TASKS: TEST OF A MATCHING HYPOTHESIS Helena (Mimi) Martin, Master of Arts, 2009 Directed By: Dr. Robert W. Lent, Counseling and Personnel Services Department This study advances knowledge regarding a new potential client variable moderator to therapeutic writing. Therapeutic writing, also referred to in the liter...

In this study, the association between positive future expectation and personal growth initiative as predictors of career talent development self-efficacy is examined. Convenience sampling method was used for research sample consisted 419 voluntary students. Career Talent Development Self-Efficacy Scale, Positive Future Expectations Inventory, Personal Growth Initiative Scale were data collecti...

Major life events require psychological adaptations and can be accompanied by brain structural and functional changes. The goal of the current study was to investigate the association of personal growth initiative (PGI) as a form of proactive coping strategy before childbirth, with gray matter volume after delivery. Childbirth is one of the few predictable major life events, which, while being ...